I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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