Kenny Rogers Quotes
When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
Quotes to Explore
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If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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I don't like attacking.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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People say money is not the key to happiness, but I've always figured if you have enough money you can get a key made.
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Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
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I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!
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Get off your horse and drink your milk.
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Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.
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When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
