"The artificial noble shrinks into a dwarf before the noble of nature; and in the few instances (for there are some in all countries) in whom nature, as by a miracle, has survived in aristocracy, those men despise it."

-- Thomas Paine

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #Dwarves Quotes

“Music being â€œgood or badâ€ is a flawed idea. Artists make what they want to make and we either connect with it or we don't. Just because we relate to some songs more than others doesn't make the others less valid, we just don't understand them. In fact, we aren't meant to, and that's all right.”
“I'd love to do a Paul Greengrass movie, or something like that, that's a character-driven action film. I'd like someone to make me go to the gym every day, and all that stuff. I don't know. Wherever the good characters are, I tend to try to get a job. It was nice because this was dipping my toe in the action genre. Maybe I might put my foot in, next time.”
“When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.”
“Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.”
“Tools may limit the user, but the utility of tools is limited by the skill of the user.”
“Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.”
“I get appalled when I see good drivers being left on the sidelines because they haven't come up with the half million to a million to put themselves in a competitive car.”
“I smoked pot in college and in the Army...”

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