Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
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There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
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If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
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When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.
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I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'
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A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.
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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
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Knoxville Tennessee
I always like summer
Best
you can eat fresh corn
From daddy's garden
And okra
And greens
And cabbage
And lots of
Barbeque
And buttermilk
And homemade ice-cream
At the church picnic
And listen to
Gospel music
Outside
At the church
Homecoming
And go to the mountains with
Your grandmother
And go barefooted
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