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.
WILLIE NELSONI’m drowning in whiskey river.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
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I don’t think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.
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The fight to save family farms isn’t just about farmers. It’s about making sure that there is a safe and healthy food supply for all of us. It’s about jobs, from Main Street to Wall Street. It’s about a better America.
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My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha’s a fine thing.
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I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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I got along without you before I met you and I’ll get along without you a long time after you’re gone.
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Marijuana is like sex: If I don’t do it every day I get a headache.
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I believe that all roads lead to the same place – and that is wherever all roads lead to.
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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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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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