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My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Tom T. Hall

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Tom T. Hall
Age: 85 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 25
Died: 2021
Died: August 20
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Singer-Songwriter
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Olive Hill
Kentucky
Thomas Hall
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I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.
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I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.
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The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.
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I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: Yeah, show up.
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If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!
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Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.
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I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
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The enticing allure of Nashville is that there is always something new coming down the pike. Put this record on and you’ll hear footsteps.
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Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.
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This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the lawn.
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I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.
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