"You have to be a soldier and a veteran, or a soldier who sacrificed your life for your country."

-- Rashid Khalidi

#Country Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Veteran Quotes

“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
“I don't feel lonely. No no no. I feel like I'm jumping in a well that has no bottom, and at some point I know I'll hit bottom. I never put a time limit on it. I'm oblivious to anything except that which I'm doing.”

Source : Interview with Suzanne Snider, believermag.com. May 1, 2010.
“Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness.”
“Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive”
“I feel like I've got so much to do, from a music perspective. Jamie's done his record and traveled around the world with it. Romy did all those writing sessions. I would love to do what Romy's done and experience that other side of the pop machine. It sounds terrifying and, at times, a little bit soulless. That's a real pet peeve of mine, when people talk about songwriting in a cynical way. But having said that I still want to do it, just to know what it's like.”
“Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.”
“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.”
“When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.”

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