Sturgill Simpson Quotes

I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music.

Sturgill Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MusicFocusPeopleListeningPlay

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Jocko Willink

LifeTrainingSchoolTeamDoneNavy

A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone.

John Lanchester

AloneExperienceMeThoughtImage

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives.

John le Carre

GoodLiveThinkWithoutTensionGot

It's not easy, but I'm really enjoying what I am doing. One day I am in Chennai, the other in Mumbai, then in Coimbatore. But I love my job, and I am really passionate about my work.

Amy Jackson

WorkLoveDayJobI AmDoing

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

Mary Quant

MorningLunchWavesWarmGarden

I'm very happy with Bale. He loves playing for Real Madrid, and he's got a chance to show what a wonderful footballer he can be.

Julen Lopetegui

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By the time most people file for bankruptcy, their credit is already trashed, they have a high debt-to-income ratio - a key indicator lenders look at - and they've likely defaulted on more than a few accounts.

Jean Chatzky

TimePeopleKeyCreditLookHigh

The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it out week to week in television, it's impossible.

Jay Chandrasekhar

ImpossibleWeekYouTelevisionTry

I'd love to do a Michel Gondry film. That would be ideal! I'd love to do an Almodovar film; you know, I think he's very, very talented. I don't care that people say he's pretentious. So what? He's a good director; he can be pretentious.

William Moseley

LoveGoodPeopleThinkCareYou

I'm an asthmatic. I have to be on that treadmill singing to get my lungs right.

Pink

SingingRightLungsGetTreadmill

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

Phoebe Robinson

GirlCoolBlackClevelandOhioJust

In California, you're on a first-name basis with fruit. You take a beautiful Blenheim, you don't want to mess with it.

Sherry Yard

BeautifulFruitYouWantCalifornia

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