James Dickey Quotes

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.

James Dickey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997

Topics

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Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains.

Jerry Costello

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I'm actually a pretty clean-cut person.

Andie MacDowell

PersonPrettyActuallyClean-Cut

When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this and he doesn't know it!

Johnny Cash

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Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

John Phillips

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A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.

Tony Campolo

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Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

Ruth Gordon

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I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.

Ronnie Dunn

Never ForgetForgetNeverUpModest

No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer.

Jonathan Raban

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My singing days have passed. My voice is gone. My throat is worn. And my lungs are going fast.

Chuck Berry

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I just feel not many people hear that you should feel good inside and feel happy within your soul, instead of needing to look a certain way, so I always try and talk to people about that.

Anne-Marie

GoodSoulHappyPeopleFeel Good

I was fortunate to have served in leadership positions throughout my entire service in the Army. I was in my first unit for two or three months before deploying to Desert Storm. I immediate knew I was in the right place.

Todd Wilcox

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I don't think I'm turning back the clock by doing these old tunes. I love rock and roll and popular music. It's just that the spirits of the singers whose songs I do are living within me. That's why the songs come out in the voices of the original singers. I'm not doing imitations. That's the way they sound inside me.

Tiny Tim

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