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For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.


Charley Pride

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KITTY THOMAS I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure.
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OSCAR WILDE That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem
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FREDRIK BACKMAN There is a fine line deep within the mind that makes self-belief and confidence, the defining elemen...
DAVID AMERLAND Our professed love of freedom is increasingly shown to be a sophistry that replaces wisdom and right...
CARL HENRY The most beautiful things you can wear are your self-confidence and your self-love.
LETICIA RAE Not the least of my problems is that I can hardly even imagine what kind of an experience a genuine,...
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MARQUIS DE SADE All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with ...
MARQUIS DE SADE All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with ...
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EZRA TAFT BENSON Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is the most interesting when one can observe the evoluti...
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AL BOELK I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belong...
LORETTA LYNN I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current s...
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON Communicating with God is the most extraordinary experience imaginable, yet at the same time it's th...
EBEN ALEXANDER The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to th...
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JACK WELCH the most moving experience of my life. It was an awe-inspiring moment.
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DAMON HILL If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened bef...
JOHANN MOST The existing system will be quickest and most radically overthrown by the annihilation of its expone...
JOHANN MOST If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in t...
JOHANN MOST Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.
JOHANN MOST Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists beca...
JOHANN MOST Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.
JOHANN MOST Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself...
JOHANN MOST I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.&...
DONNY MOST It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - '...
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SAM MOST As set forth by theologians, the idea of "God" is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and ...
JOHANN MOST The more man clings to religion, the more he believes. The more he believes, the less he knows. The ...
JOHANN MOST 'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to ...
JOHANN MOST It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'volu...
JOHANN MOST The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who se...
JOHANN MOST A god who created man "after his own image", and still the origin of evil in man is not accredited t...
JOHANN MOST Among all mental diseases that have been systematically inoculated into the human cranium, the relig...
JOHANN MOST He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a r...
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SAM MOST ...pride for men is like love for women. Very strong. The most important thing for men is pride.
CHRISTIE WATSON Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.
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VOLTAIRE It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in which most of us spend most o...
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CHARLEY PRIDE What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer....
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
CHARLEY PRIDE It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or At...
CHARLEY PRIDE Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and b...
CHARLEY PRIDE When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't ...
CHARLEY PRIDE The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and prog...
CHARLEY PRIDE There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's a way to showcase themselves and get involved in the community.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.
CHARLEY PRIDE Charley Pride was a regular feature at the New Mexico State Fair from 1971-75; they raised money and...
CHARLEY PRIDE One thing I've noticed about him is he doesn't get into the social-political discussion of race. I s...
CHARLEY PRIDE When they asked me, I didn't hesitate. I don't get a chance to do many things that aren't so schedul...
CHARLEY PRIDE It's so nice to give back.
CHARLEY PRIDE It's all for the kids,
CHARLEY PRIDE Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
CHARLEY PRIDE Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
CHARLEY PRIDE Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music...
CHARLEY PRIDE In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.
CHARLEY PRIDE Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear noti...
CHARLEY PRIDE Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
CHARLEY PRIDE I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
CHARLEY PRIDE A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
CHARLEY PRIDE There are worse things than being thought a Republican.
CHARLEY PRIDE I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
CHARLEY PRIDE The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else&...
CHARLEY PRIDE I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere...
CHARLEY PRIDE Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
CHARLEY PRIDE What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some ar...
CHARLEY PRIDE I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
CHARLEY PRIDE Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all ...
CHARLEY PRIDE No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I s...
CHARLEY PRIDE A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that wa...
CHARLEY PRIDE I think that any given day we could have given them a better game than we did. They're good hitters....
ASHLEY PRIDE We just need to keep doing what we've been doing and things will get back on track for us.
ASHLEY PRIDE I don't feel like we're playing bad all the time. I just think that we're not getting the breaks. We...
ASHLEY PRIDE When you score 21 points in one game it's really nice. Then you turn around and can't get anything g...
ASHLEY PRIDE Gai offers more opportunities for Hugh with her big stable, and you can't blame him.
JOSEPH PRIDE He'll hang in there, for sure. It's going to be a big test for him. He's going to learn a lot this w...
DICKY PRIDE The golf course is playing very difficult and I'm playing very solid. The greens are in such good sh...
DICKY PRIDE My goal is to play and improve and finish in the top-20, ... There have been a couple of rough stret...
DICKY PRIDE The major problem is that the public has been convinced that child abuse is a major problem.
MARY PRIDE Never vote for a candidate whose campaign promises include ‘doing more for children.
MARY PRIDE I thought she could have won.
JOSEPH PRIDE If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
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CHARLEY REESE Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the m...
CHARLEY REESE Terrell's a good run blocker. He's very stout. He's very intelligent. He makes a lot of rookie mista...
CHARLEY ARMEY He's starting to show up more and more in the right place. He's highly competitive. And once he gets...
CHARLEY ARMEY He is very impressive. I was in San Diego and he ran the 40 in a 4.3.
CHARLEY ARMEY Bartell is getting better and better and better every week. There's a lot of things that he has to l...
CHARLEY ARMEY This is a good draft class. These guys are all going to be good players.
CHARLEY ARMEY We have senior leadership and they have a lot of poise. [The guys] are not panicking [when they fall...
CHARLEY JURIS Especially considering that the Bruins scored 11 goals on Robinson the previous week.
CHARLEY JURIS Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high ta...
CHARLEY REESE This year, with the other station, we don't have a problem. We have a solution.
CHARLEY JOHNSON For the individuals who are participating, the families, the children, the goldfish, it's a very exc...
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CHARLEY CASSERLY We've worked hard since we started and all the work is paying off. Most of the players have played i...
CHARLEY JURIS We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was b...
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CHARLEY CASSERLY We're probably younger than we have been, but we still believe we have made improvements.
CHARLEY CASSERLY We're getting better every year,
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CHARLEY HOFFMAN I think the last three weeks will be much easier than Q School will ever be.
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CHARLEY HOFFMAN It's far from over,
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CHARLEY BOYCE You never want to lose on Wednesday; that's for sure. But, I guess if you're more of a lackadaisical...
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CHARLEY WOLK At this point, there's nothing I can do but pray.
CHARLEY WOLK It's a cosmetic problem. It isn't like a worm that gets in an apple.
CHARLEY WOLK Tell him it's about fishing.
CHARLEY WINNER Joe was the first guy there in the morning and the last guy to leave in the afternoon.
CHARLEY WINNER Not what you were led to believe in the newspapers.
CHARLEY WINNER I go to counseling. I go to counseling through the VA and it's helped me a lot.
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CHARLEY THOMAS We can back from the dead here.
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CHARLEY CASSERLY I think it will probably be April before this thing gets serious.
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CHARLEY REESE Nobody should hit .200. Anybody should hit .250.
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RAY CHARLEY I think given the tenor of the times and the feelings of some people that it was necessary to put th...
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