Dickey Betts Quotes

I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them: have-fun tunes to make you feel good.

Dickey Betts

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GoodSkyManBlueHappyFeel Good

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Jim Hightower

PoliticsTopRightBottomLeft

I love music and songwriters from the '60s and '70s.

Jesse Plemons

LoveMusicSongwritersI Love

Stanford had no journalism program so I just learned by doing, effectively.

John Pomfret

DoingJournalismJustStanfordHad

When I first became brave enough to tell people that I wrote poems, so many people would rave to me about Edna St. Vincent Millay's work. I was embarrassed not to have read her, and I think that put me off from reading her for a long time. So many of her poems are just impeccable.

Tracy K. Smith

WorkTimePeopleMeBraveReading

I created jobs. Russ Feingold, during that same approximate 30 years, what did he do? He built government. He built it larger and more intrusive.

Ron Johnson

GovernmentMoreSameYearsBuiltHe

It's what happens when you've been in the game a long time. We had to grow up in a very public way.

Mike D

TimeGameGrowLongYouLong Time

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.

Javier Bardem

GodBelieveSaidI BelieveAlways

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

Jonathan Coe

TimeShortTroubleWhyWriteTurn

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

Diane Duane

PassionChildrenGenerationYoung

What can we do to put more Colorado in Washington and less Washington in Colorado?

Cory Gardner

ColoradoWashingtonMoreLessPut

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

Arthur Schopenhauer

OpinionSomeoneYouKnowWantTrue

I've cut down on a lot of stuff this summer, just so I can hang out and be a normal kid for a while.

Ryan Sheckler

DownI CanSummerKidOutNormal

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