I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line.
JOHNNY CASHThey’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.
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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.
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Life is rough so you gotta be tough.
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I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
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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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Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.
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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you.
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Stop your ears and close your eyes and try to find the face of love.
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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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You can ask the people around me. I don’t give up. I don’t give up. I don’t give – and it’s not out of frustration and desperation that I say I don’t give up. I don’t give up because I don’t give up. I don’t believe in it.
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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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