There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.
WILLIE NELSONAs 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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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.
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But if you think of all the people who don’t like me, just think of all the millions who’ve never heard of me!
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One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.
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I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
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What has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
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Freedom is control in your own life.
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Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they’re rapping. It’s easier to try to censor some kid who’s swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
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I never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.
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Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them.
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I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
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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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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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