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God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit.

Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
Actor
Autobiographer
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Mandolinist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Kingsland
Arkansas
The Man in Black
John R. Cash
J. R. Cash
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Away
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Life
Sees
Fit
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My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.
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I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends up at Jesus
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It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.
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If I'm anything, I'm not a singer but I'm a song stylist.
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My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.
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How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
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Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I've worn black clothes ever since.
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The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don't go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.
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The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.
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I came to believe in a power much higher than I
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I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.
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God Ain't no stained glass window, cause he never keeps his window closed.
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I'm not bitter. Why should I be bitter? I'm thrilled to death with life.
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So we raise her up every morning, we take her down every night, we don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right. On second thought, I do like to brag 'cause I'm mighty proud of the Ragged Old Flag.
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I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force.
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I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.
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I have tried drugs and a little of everything else, and there is nothing in the world more soul-satisfying than having the kingdom of God building inside you and growing.
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I've always explored various areas of society.
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I had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference - you know? - that they really were there to be rehabilitated.
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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
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