Jason Isbell Quotes

No matter what you thought your plans were, that's not how things are going to work out, and that's the only way you can really, I think, live successfully.

Jason Isbell

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In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that's not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep.

Jeffrey Tate

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My frontal lobe doesn't function well. When I'm out with friends, I typically have a cup of coffee, and that's not good for my sleep. And yet I'll do it again, night after night - 'Oh why did I have that cup of coffee?' I can't stop it because I love it.

May-Britt Moser

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I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it. And I'm trying to be a Christian. I'm always amazed when people walk up to me and say, 'I'm a Christian.' I always think, 'Already? You've already got it?' I'm working at it. And at my age, I'll still be working at it at 96.

Maya Angelou

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I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

Robert Jarvik

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The European Army is our long-term goal. But first we have to strengthen the European Defence Union.

Angela Merkel

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Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

Steve Martin

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I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.

Tom Lehman

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I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders according to how I feel about that color that day.

Rita Dove

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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.

Ron White

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You definitely pick stuff up when you go back and listen to older material.

Mike Shinoda

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Actually it's great to be an American. I love my country.

Mitchell Joachim

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I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that.

Julia Holter

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