When I see someone I think is cool, he’s a pretty well-adjusted individual. He’s not too affected one way or the other by what’s happening, no matter what’s going through his mind.
WILLIE NELSONI learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.
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Fortunately, we are not in control.
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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.
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Let’s get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let’s take a stand for personal freedom.
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Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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I didn’t come here and I ain’t leavin’.
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I’m crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I’m crazy for loving you.
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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.
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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.
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You could try to live monogamously. Good luck.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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If you start out looking at somebody, wondering whether he’s good or bad, I think you’re starting out in the wrong direction. I think we’re all good and we’re all bad.
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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs I couldn’t even find my bike.
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