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Jason Isbell Quotes

I have a lot of reactions to the outside world that I don't feel like would be appropriate for songs: things I'm not interested in writing about, things I don't want to think about any longer than 15 or 20 seconds.

Jason Isbell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Writing World Think Feel Want Would

Playing a cop on TV and working closely with actual cops on set, I do think the media does a disservice to our first responders.

Jesse Lee Soffer

Think Media First Playing Responders

I don't wear strappy tops. Everyone feels self-conscious about something on their body. It's just finding a style that works for you, and I don't really suit strappy tops or dresses, so I avoid them.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Style Finding You Body Dresses Suit

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Sophocles

Day Human Up Things Low Again

The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.

Robert Crumb

World Little Cartoon Knows Very

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.

Robert Frost

Life Body Person Sometimes Will His

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.

Roberta Flack

Music Faith You Kind Hard Stay

It was tough, mentally, at Chelsea not getting the game time, but I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Time Game Tough Train Right Patient

If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.

Dick Clark

Parents You Want Stay Your Pick

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

Dorothy Allison

Me World Go Know Three Naked

I have watched the spread of violent extremism and jihadism across Europe and the U.K. with dismay, particularly given my history of experiencing threats, abuse, and harassment by Muslim fanatics.

Deeyah Khan

History Europe Abuse Spread Muslim

For more than a century, New York City has been home to a constellation of department stores whose openings, closings, and transformations have charted the fortunes and foibles of the city itself.

Christina Binkley

Home New York City New More Been

For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isn't about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again.

Alice Sebold

Time Me Growing Up Evil Think Milk