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Growing up is not being so dead-set on making everybody happy.

Being Everybody Growing GrowingUp
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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.
Great art Music Loveliness
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I use all my skills that I can muster up, but the fun thing is that I find some untapped skills every once in a while. I get that from my daddy.

Daddy Every Find Fun
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Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.

Makes Me Ready Restless
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

Anthem Breaks City Door
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You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

Against Away Current Get
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If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

Anything Better God He
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It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.

Accepted Adult Anything Authors
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I think I'm a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don't take me seriously. 'Listen to the old guy,' they say. 'Isn't he great? He's mad.'

Better Father First Great
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I have no regrets. I feel very grateful for the life that I had - you know, family I live with; and I've been doing work that I love, ever since I came to Nashville.

Been Came Doing Ever
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!

Any Books Comic ComicBooks
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I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.

Eight Everything Experiences Good
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I had a list of rules I made up one time. It says: Tell the truth, sing with passion, work with laughter, and love with heart. Those are good to start with, anyway.

Anyway Good Had Heart
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When I was thirty, and a long time after that, I felt like I had to leave home to do what I had to do. Now, it's just the opposite.

After Felt Had Home
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I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to me it represented the time that I spent since the last one. Just the way I was looking at the world.

Album Always Could Cut
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I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got.

Bad Boxing Football Got
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If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.

Almost Because Been Cash
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What really makes me happy now is my home. I know that I have that to lose. But I don't see losing it. And I don't care if I never do another movie. And I don't care if I never get back on the road. I like to think that I'm gonna do that. But if I don't, I can live with that.

Another Back Care Don't Care
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I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

Chose Fought Freedom Had
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When I was stationed in Germany, Johnny Cash was already a legend over there because he'd done some shows, then gone off to some bar straight afterwards and played just for the troops. So he was a real hero.

Afterwards Bar Because Cash
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Broadway is such a diverse community. Everybody knows how I believe, and everyone believes, and it's not a big deal. But in Hollywood, if you talk about politics - especially if you're a Republican - or spirituality, it's just not something people want to hear about.

About Believe Believes Big
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You've got to find ways to breathe while you're dancing so that when it comes time for you to stop and sing again, you have it. To prepare, I do a lot of aerobic activity. Many times at the gym, people will look at me because I'll be on the treadmill humming.

Activity Aerobic Again Because
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

Authors Book Books Develop
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I just want to say, that if Jesus were alive, what would he be doing? Well, he would probably be accepting and loving people how they're made. And I always say this and it's really the truth. If being 4'11 was a sin, what would I do? Well, I could wear heels and I could add a wig.

Accepting Add Alive Always
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And I do - make no mistake, I am a Christian and I believe in God, and I don't believe he makes mistakes. So I don't believe that being gay is not a sin, and in fact it's how you're made.

Am Being Believe Christian
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I've finally graduated from 'I don't give a hoot.'

Finally Give Graduated Hoot
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If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

About Different Many Much
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I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.
Art Books Go Like
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Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

Add Even Good Need
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In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.

Decade Every Gazing Get
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I read my Bible and I pray and all of that. I really do. But at the same time, I don't think being gay is a sin. Period.

Being Bible Gay Period
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I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

About Choir Crazy Drama
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His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad

Anyone Death Ever First
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.

Around Attraction Been Chance
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.

Because Books Fun Grew
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I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.

Good Morning Obsessed Radio
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I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'

Adult Like Lot Things
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.

Adult BeReal Buy Detail
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I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I try to read at least two to three hours a day. I read only fiction.

Afternoon Couch Day Dog
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The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

About Actually Charity Dad
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

After Dad Maria Me
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I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.

Also Book Books Doing
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

Clown Fine Know Like
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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.

Before Believe Day Every
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I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.

Ideas Laugh Made Myself
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A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

Man Admire Woman Listen to
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Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul.

Great drama Souvenir Master
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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty Idiots Wise men
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A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other.

Ready way Friend Lend Money
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The bachelors admired freedom is often a yoke, for the freer a man is to himself the greater slave he often is to the whims of others.
Bachelors Freedom Freer Greater slave
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