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Jason Isbell Quotes

My wife is so very important to me that it's made my mom more important to me. It's made every woman I know more important to me.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 1, 1979

Topics

Wife Woman Me Mom Know Important

In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I was mediocre at everything. I was a mediocre IBM employee, I was a mediocre entrepreneur, I was a mediocre artist. I decided that, although my mom wouldn't be around to see it, I wanted to be great at something.

Mother Great Mom Doing Artist See

And plenty makes us poor.

Money Poor Us Makes Plenty

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

Children Parents Sugar Will Candy

Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected.

Drunk Sometimes Out Little Something

There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought to anything, and comprehend everything. 'Blessed hands' is the name bestowed on these fortunate beings. The world envies, honours and respects them.

Sholom Aleichem

Moment People Blessed World Thought

There's a lot of ways that white women undermine women of color, and black women in particular.

Women Color Black White Undermine

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

Friend Nothing Bitter Cynical Like

Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture.

Architecture Bridges Invisible Most

Whereas in the past people have seen the two sexes as almost incomprehensibly different, now there is a group of people that are explaining the connections between both the genders, literally in the way their biology informs some of their expression.

Past People Connections Biology Way

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Government People Democracy Check

Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

Peter McWilliams

Comfort Discomfort Through Most

Baby names are a big debate in my family. Like true Colombian and Puerto Rican families, everybody and their mother is putting their two cents in - everything from Jose to Francisco to Victorio to Rain has been suggested.

Family Mother Rain Baby Debate True

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