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 CASHWhen 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.
More Johnny Cash Quotes
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I’m not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I’m thrilled to death with life.
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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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Being rich means you get to worry about everything except money.
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I found out that there weren’t too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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Until things are brighter. I’m the man in black.
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We’re all in this together if we’re in it at all.
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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.
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I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on.
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Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.
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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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There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I’m the biggest sinner of them all.
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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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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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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.
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When you sing, you pray twice.
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