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I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn’t be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.

Johnny Cash

I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
JOHNNY CASH

Book Excitement Learning Myself Novel Reading Study
I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It’s still my symbol of rebellion — against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others’ ideas.
JOHNNY CASH

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We’re all in this together if we’re in it at all.
JOHNNY CASH

Inspirational Team Work Togetherness
I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
JOHNNY CASH

Creativity Limitation Myself
The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I’ve got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.
JOHNNY CASH

God Goodness Honesty Important Live Man Myself Performance Pride Try Way Work
I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.
JOHNNY CASH

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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
JOHNNY CASH

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Life is – the way God has given it to me was just a platter – a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It’s been beautiful.
JOHNNY CASH

Beautiful God Life Myself
They’re powerful, those songs. At times they’ve been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the black dog calls home.
JOHNNY CASH

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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
JOHNNY CASH

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You’re so heavenly minded, you’re no earthly good.
JOHNNY CASH

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Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.
JOHNNY CASH

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If you’re going to be a Christian, you’re going to change. You’re going to lose some old friends, not because you want to, but because you need to.
JOHNNY CASH

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There’s a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there’s a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.
JOHNNY CASH

Blame Myself Recover
When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno.
JOHNNY CASH

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When I’m gone I’ll be remembered as the workin’ man who put his point across with a right hand full of knuckles.
JOHNNY CASH

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I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn’t be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.

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I knew that when I left there at the age of 18, I wouldn’t be back. And it was common knowledge among all the people there that when you graduate from high school here, you go to college or go get a job or something and do it on your own.

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