Quotes
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Jared Swilley
"We work really hard. I work harder now than I've ever worked in my life. I didn't finish high school or go to college, but I'm able to make something of myself with music. We party a lot and don't always behave ourselves like model citizens, but at least we're honest, and we're not just doing things because it will get us attention." --
Source : "Jared Swilley of Black Lips". Interview with AVC, music.avclub.com. May 1, 2009.
Jared Swilley
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“Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.”
“When you're in politics sometimes you step on toes and they come back and kick you in the backside.”
“I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them.”
Source : John Christopher (2013). “The Pool of Fire”, p.134, Simon and Schuster
“Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought.”
Source : Isocrates (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Isocrates (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics
“I think all kids need snacks. Mine are fruit machines. I give them things like apple slices, berries and melon. Do I let them eat ice cream? Absolutely. But not every day.”
“The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.”
“For every negative, there’s a positive. It’s in everything. How you deal with life, outlook, how much energy you put into achieving something. That’s why I detest entitlement. Anything that’s worthwhile is going to call for some sacrifice. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without a price. People think in sports, you have different rules. You really don’t. It’s whatever motivates you,”
“What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.”
