I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.
JOHNNY CASHMy arms are too short to box with God.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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Life is rough so you gotta be tough.
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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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It’s good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people.
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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.
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A person knows when it just seems to feel right to them. Listen to your heart.
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It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough.
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I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he’s a victim of the times.
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Love is a burning thing and it makes a firey ring.
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You’ve got to know your limitations. I don’t know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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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.
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For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.
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All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love.
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Those that have lived longer than us always have something to teach us, that we can take with us for the rest of our lives.
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I came to believe in a power much higher than I.
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You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that’s part of it: knowing that you’re not shut out forever, and that there’s a goal you still can reach.
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There’s no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.
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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.
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The battle against the dark one and the clinging to the right one is what my life is about.
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My arms are too short to box with God.
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Creative people have to be fed from the divine source. I have to get fed. I had to get filled up in order to pour out.
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I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That’s what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.
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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.
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A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.
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You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.
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If you aren’t gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.
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