#pies

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment. ↗

— Jim Goad

#country-music #hippies #woody-guthrie #music

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#copies #few #gallery #many #originals

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#comes #constantly #creatures #existent #finding

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset. ↗

— Chris Evans

#been #happiest #i #i always #life

I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame. ↗

— Gerry Beckley

#album #considered #copies #dropped #failure

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#author #authorities #been #behind #copies

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world. ↗

— Bonnie Tyler

#eclipse #had #heart #i #million

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#fellow #fool #happiest #healthy #living

If I die tomorrow, will I have gotten everything in the world I've ever wanted? No. But I will have gotten everything that's made me happiest. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#ever #everything #gotten #happiest #i

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially