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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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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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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The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.
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The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.
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Do you know anything at all that nobody else knows or, for that matter, gives a damn about? If you do, then sit tight, because one of these days you're going to Hollywood as a technical supervisor on a million dollar movie.
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In terms of preparation, if there's some historical context that's needed, I do like to read a lot. Working on Joe Kennedy for 'Boardwalk,' I read a couple of biographies on him. It's nice to have a broader context of the man outside of where the show is coming from.
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I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.
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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.
