Patty Griffin Quotes

I grew up Catholic, so I have these defenses about listening to anything with too much religiosity; some of the lyrics didn't sit well in my mouth. One of my beefs is the patriarchal setup. Having the 'he, he, he, God, God, God, king, king, king' stuff was hard for me.

Patty Griffin

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I was a hard-workin' little boy. Oh, I worked. Pullin' cotton, shockin' grain, cuttin' wheat, loadin' wheat, choppin' cotton, cleanin' chicken houses, milkin' cows, plowin'.

Jimmy Dean

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I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a return to those things that made America different and great.

Jim DeMint

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When I was a newspaper reporter, and later a television writer, I really felt my co-workers became a second family.

Jill Davis

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In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing.

St. Lucia

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I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.

Sidney Poitier

GoodBeginningWorldUnderstanding

The most important thing for me is that I get regular first team action.

Toni Kroos

MeTeamActionImportantFirstGet

We're very lucky to be able to go back and reclaim something that was a very special part of all our lives.

Roger Andrew Taylor

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In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation... as music.

Roy H. Williams

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A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.

Rudolf Otto

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I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

Rufus Wainwright

BeautyPeopleBetterLookWillDead

The Republicans have bought into the idea that people hate them because they're opposed to everything.

Rush Limbaugh

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Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.

Louis Theroux

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