When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.
WILLIE NELSONIf you’ve made your own hell, then only you have the power to escape it.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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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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If you want to make marijuana legal, you’ve got to stay straight long enough to f – vote.
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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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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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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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When you’re singing, you’re using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can’t do that if you’re a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I’d tell them to sing more. It’s good therapy, too.
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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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Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.
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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.
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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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As long as there’s a few farmers out there, we’ll keep fighting for them.
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Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.
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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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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
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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 take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now
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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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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 wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.
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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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Be gentle with your words – you can’t take them back.
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I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
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You don’t have to be poor to need something or somebody.
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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
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