Carlene Carter Quotes

I wood-shedded for a year to play Grandma's simple stuff. It's not that simple, and I don't use picks the way she does. But I played them as authentically as I could, with the flat-picking.

Carlene Carter

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SimpleYearPlayWaySheStuff

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

Jean Kerr

TimeMomYouSoundRealBegin

I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around that you end up thinking about them and talking about them for literally years after your experience with them is over. I've had that happen to me, and I've seen it happen to other people. I find it fascinating.

Steve Martin

LifeExperiencePeopleMeThinking

When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.

Martin Rees

SmallUniversePictureProblemWill

Here in America, we don't give in to our fears. We don't build up walls to keep people out.

Michelle Obama

WallsPeopleAmericaBuildOutUp

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

Joy Page

DreamsYourselfYouChooseDream

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

Ariel Sharon

StrengthThinkYouPersonScared

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.

Annie Leibovitz

PictureJournalismBackGoSometimes

Though moral axioms to guide the conduct of the practitioner have existed since the beginnings of the profession of healing, Western doctors are most likely to view the Hippocratic Oath of approximately two-and-a-half millennia ago as the first codified set of statements to which they can look for guidance.

Sherwin B. Nuland

HealingViewLookMoralFirstOath

You can have all personality in the world, the looks, etc., but if you don't have the songs, it doesn't close the deal.

Scott Borchetta

PersonalityWorldYouLooksDeal

I have an immensely understanding partner who does something creative herself, and we both need a lot of time alone. I structure my life around getting my work done, first and foremost. Everything else is secondary. That's the only way I've been able to do it.

Tom Bissell

LifeWorkAloneTimeCreativeDone

In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years. The level of poison - they used the most extreme carcinogen known: dioxin. And this went on for years.

Noam Chomsky

YearsPoisonVietnamLevelDestroy

I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

Nicki Minaj

HappyPerfectPersonDoneWantGet

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