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Richard Bentley

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RICHARD BENTLEY It is a pretty poem, Mr Pope, but you must not call it Homer
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DIERKS BENTLEY I never met Johnny Cash personally, but I feel like I did because I listened to so much of his music...
DIERKS BENTLEY I'm surrounded by all these strong women - my publicist, my manager, and my wife - and sometimes...
DIERKS BENTLEY The people I always loved listening to had a little bit of dirt under their fingernails because they...
DIERKS BENTLEY My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at militar...
DIERKS BENTLEY That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music a...
DIERKS BENTLEY I really love flying, but it's really nice to jump on a plane, sit back, and let someone else do...
DIERKS BENTLEY I wrote that song 'Black,' and it was just this idea that I had been married for 10 years. E...
DIERKS BENTLEY I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's t...
DIERKS BENTLEY I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about ha...
DIERKS BENTLEY I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at ...
DIERKS BENTLEY Some people associate red with love, but to me, red is for an earlier stage of a relationship. Black...
DIERKS BENTLEY Growing up in Arizona, I love fireworks, shooting off bottle rockets and M80s.
DIERKS BENTLEY Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee...
DIERKS BENTLEY Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it...
DIERKS BENTLEY A Sunday morning spent reading the paper together, maybe drinking some mimosas, alone, and talking u...
DIERKS BENTLEY Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what coun...
DIERKS BENTLEY And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.
DIERKS BENTLEY There should be a whole book written about that one word: country. What does that mean, country? It&...
DIERKS BENTLEY I think about me and my dad taking a road trip from Phoenix to Nashville when I was 19. He's no ...
DIERKS BENTLEY No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundar...
DIERKS BENTLEY Love always had my number. I could never patch a breakup together with whiskey and a one-night stand...
DIERKS BENTLEY You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up y...
DIERKS BENTLEY I do see the world as being different for girls - especially now, having daughters.
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JOHN BENTLEY He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
NICOLAS BENTLEY Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between d...
TIMOTHY BENTLEY Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.
DIERKS BENTLEY I started thinking about this truck and why do I still have this same truck? After all of these year...
DIERKS BENTLEY Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.
ERIC BENTLEY A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far e...
WES BENTLEY We are working on something in this space, as has been previously reported, but we don't have any ne...
ANNE BENTLEY We have something that we're working on.
ANNE BENTLEY AOL members will be able to retrieve their e-mail by just continuing to use the AOL Mail button on a...
ANNE BENTLEY We're doing this because a majority of AOL members will be able to get high-speed connections and ac...
ANNE BENTLEY The hope is that we'll be encouraging users to upgrade to broadband because a majority of them will ...
ANNE BENTLEY Our goal, since our freshman year, has been Sweet 16. We're not talking about it, we're just going t...
ASHLEY BENTLEY It's been amazing to be a part of it.
ASHLEY BENTLEY Alabama gave me the opportunity. It wasn't me that had to face (her parents). It was Auburn that had...
ASHLEY BENTLEY Since our sophomore year, we've just clicked. We both like aggressive doubles. We both have the same...
ASHLEY BENTLEY I like big shows, a lot of volume and a lot of energy. I love electric instruments. But I do love mi...
DIERKS BENTLEY I still feel like that 17-year-old-kid that fell in love with country music, but I also am allowed t...
DIERKS BENTLEY There's no doubt it's (because of) winning. People want to play a team that wins because they want t...
BOBBY BENTLEY The only way you can be concerned about being on a national level is when you've won a couple of sta...
BOBBY BENTLEY I don't know if it's getting too big, as long as we keep it in perspective that this is high school ...
BOBBY BENTLEY The guy from Nike came and spoke to our team, and they were just so excited about this opportunity. ...
BOBBY BENTLEY It's really crazy. You get to meet all the CEOs at Nike. They're making a commitment to all the top ...
BOBBY BENTLEY You hear a lot about Texas high school football, and you hear a lot about Florida high school footba...
BOBBY BENTLEY It's tremendous for our district to be able to do something like this.
BOBBY BENTLEY It allows them to focus on their senior year, concentrate on academics and on having a good time pla...
BOBBY BENTLEY It's kind of like walking on the field. We expect them to win. Well, we expect them to get a scholar...
BOBBY BENTLEY And I see that developing. You think about a North Carolina team playing a South Carolina team or a ...
BOBBY BENTLEY What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting a...
JOHN BENTLEY My dog Jake ran up to Dolly Parton, and he put his nose up her skirt. We were like, 'Oh my God, ...
DIERKS BENTLEY What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting a...
JOHN BENTLEY His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthan...
NICOLAS BENTLEY Just don't make me wait too long, ... I'll take anything domestic, light and cold.
DIERKS BENTLEY I've still got the boat, but if I'm in Nashville, I'm usually racking up hotel bills. We'll have 20 ...
DIERKS BENTLEY I was 17, and a friend said, 'Man, you've got to listen to this song,' and he played ...
DIERKS BENTLEY The window is still open, but closes Saturday.
CHRIS BENTLEY We are encouraging anyone who feels they qualify to file an application by Dec. 31 so that we can ma...
CHRIS BENTLEY There's no guarantee. They (asylum seekers) still need to meet the requirements.
CHRIS BENTLEY assurance from the government that they're going to get what they pay for, and that if they don't th...
CHRIS BENTLEY People are healthier and living longer, so it is unfair that they stop working simply because they t...
CHRIS BENTLEY One of the goals is to make sure we have the most skilled workers and to make sure we increase oppor...
CHRIS BENTLEY It's Frederick Dierks Bentley, but my whole family goes by their middle name - my sister, my bro...
DIERKS BENTLEY Being from the South, there isn't really a lot of great theater. You get musicals and Neil Simon pla...
WES BENTLEY A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enoug...
WES BENTLEY It hit me like a ton of bricks. I had no idea,
DIERKS BENTLEY When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.
DIERKS BENTLEY Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans:...
ERIC BENTLEY I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding ...
DIERKS BENTLEY Our objective is to heighten interest in the sciences as a career choice for high school students an...
CHRIS BENTLEY It was a good crowd ? plenty of serious buyers with homes in the region. We had visits from a number...
BENTLEY COLLINS This is our first sale into this booming market. Once this first boat has been delivered to Dubai in...
BENTLEY COLLINS Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I grav...
DIERKS BENTLEY Everybody's got a little bit of diva deep down inside. We all want to be that star.
KRISTEN BENTLEY The processing of the applications are still pending so therefore we are not commenting on any aspec...
CHRIS BENTLEY These expenses just keep adding up. I hear the complaints from our members -- at least from the ones...
BENTLEY LIPSCOMB I don't think there will be a political price to pay if you are supporting reform, I think there wil...
BENTLEY LIPSCOMB I hung out with Merle Haggard on his bus, which sort of freaks me out. It was him and his wife. We p...
DIERKS BENTLEY Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced to ...
JON BENTLEY I was like, 'Man, bluegrass - that's like Roy Clark playing banjo on 'Hee Haw.' I...
DIERKS BENTLEY We have fun. I think it spills off into the crowd. Our main job is to have a good time first and for...
DIERKS BENTLEY Writing it was kind of hard, ... I wrote a lot of it on the road, and I don't really enjoy writing o...
DIERKS BENTLEY I came here to be sure it's actually true that we're playing this place.
DIERKS BENTLEY I go from being in front of 2,000 people, shot-gunning beers on stage and acting like a complete idi...
DIERKS BENTLEY This is not just putting lipstick on the big chicken.
FRED BENTLEY Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a l...
DIERKS BENTLEY If I'd had any idea what he was up to, I wouldn't have had that sixth shot of tequila so I could hav...
DIERKS BENTLEY Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and goo...
ERIC BENTLEY Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans:...
ERIC BENTLEY Geography is about maps, / But Biography is about chaps.
ERIC BENTLEY If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.
ERIC BENTLEY I cannot think of any repartee, / I simply wag my great, long, furry ears.
ERIC BENTLEY 2005 was a significant year for the domain name market, from new top level domains approved and put ...
MATT BENTLEY I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other s...
DIERKS BENTLEY Most of my read on America is through looking through the front windshield of a bus and hanging out ...
DIERKS BENTLEY USCIS encourages individuals who believe they are eligible for the program to apply before the deadl...
CHRIS BENTLEY The catering is really taking off. We have served many different people for different events.
SONNIE BENTLEY We start early every day, and we make everything from scratch. We don't use anything processed.
SONNIE BENTLEY You can rent the cafe itself, and we'll do all the work. Just stop in and pick out the items that yo...
SONNIE BENTLEY We had a high demand from our customers. We realized that we needed a place to be able to sit down.
SONNIE BENTLEY Neil wants this album out there as soon as possible.
BILL BENTLEY We didn't know he was making a record.
BILL BENTLEY There are men and women who have served in the military and are serving in the military today who ar...
CHRIS BENTLEY Mexico is always the country that sends the most immigrants. Mexico is the leading country sending i...
CHRIS BENTLEY It was the last gig of the tour with him and the crew guys came out on stage wearing little white ta...
DIERKS BENTLEY It was just the two of us; no family. It was a great time.
DIERKS BENTLEY I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I lov...
DIERKS BENTLEY George Strait is the king and Kenny Chesney is about as big as it gets right now, though I wouldn't ...
DIERKS BENTLEY Ending mandatory retirement would allow workers to retire based on lifestyle, circumstance and prior...
CHRIS BENTLEY It allows honest employers to remain honest. It lets them know that the new hires they're bringing o...
CHRISTOPHER BENTLEY We have palatable pleasures for all tastes.
SONNIE BENTLEY My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shado...
DIERKS BENTLEY I get nervous playing the Opry still. You take that nervous energy and channel it into being amped.
DIERKS BENTLEY When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country musi...
DIERKS BENTLEY Las Vegas, before this boom, had never seen any condo conversions. So nobody knows how it will all s...
CHRISTOPHER BENTLEY A disconnect between household income levels and for-sale pricing in the valley's housing market has...
CHRIS BENTLEY We'd probably both do it over again. We've been in this business a long time and that's part of bein...
DOUG BENTLEY The motor died on the truck, but fortunately we had enough weight to stabilize us and he got the tru...
DOUG BENTLEY It came down to the fact we either go across in the pick up truck, or the boy isn't going to make it...
DOUG BENTLEY If a man can possess a woman sexually -really possess- he won't need to control her ideas, her opini...
TONI BENTLEY My guitar, it was new when I got it, but it has a hole like Willie's where it's just worn ou...
DIERKS BENTLEY When their lordships asked Bacon how many bribes he had taken he had at least the grace to get very ...
EDMUND BENTLEY That's my spot - in the corner. I was on my way here. My back would have been right there.
DAVID BENTLEY Any Premier League game is good to play in, but playing against Arsenal will be extra special and I ...
DAVID BENTLEY The political consequences of deliberately telling untruths are very serious, and we have made it ve...
DAVID BENTLEY It's possible to bring an academic ethos to a commercial setting and to bring a commercial ethos to ...
DAVID BENTLEY Hopefully we won't leak any goals, we're quite strong at the back and hopefully we can nick a few go...
DAVID BENTLEY It's going to be very difficult to break them down, they're a strong team and well organised,
DAVID BENTLEY What I like about Clive / Is that he is no longer alive. / There is a great deal to be said / For be...
ERIC BENTLEY George the Third / Ought never to have occurred. / One can only wonder / At so grotesque a blunder.
ERIC BENTLEY I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it ta...
DIERKS BENTLEY We have determined that with certain programs winding down at this facility, the most effective cour...
FRED BENTLEY This plant closing is not a reflection on the strong workforce we have in Huntington. They are a tal...
FRED BENTLEY We will continue to look at additional efficiencies in the organization as capacity is adjusted and ...
FRED BENTLEY This is an example of the reproductive system being fine tuned. We know a lot about the gross regula...
GEORGE BENTLEY We put on seminars for home builders, engineers and architects on energy-efficient design.
JASON BENTLEY Where you have a 100kph of undivided road, it doesn't take a huge error on the part of a driver to h...
JASON BENTLEY We have sufficient fuel supplies for the short term, and if we can get everything back online in a r...
JASON BENTLEY I'm here to help the team win. They can put me at punter.
LECHARLES BENTLEY This has been my dream. This is it for me right here. I can die happy.
LECHARLES BENTLEY It?s a dream come true. Now I?m a happy man. I can die happy.
LECHARLES BENTLEY I can die happy now. This has been my dream.
LECHARLES BENTLEY That's why they're the Saints. That isn't true. If anyone in that organization has any questions abo...
LECHARLES BENTLEY I would rather sit out a season than play for the Saints again.
LECHARLES BENTLEY Obviously, if you prorate it over a shorter time, the signing bonus won't be as high. But teams, pla...
LECHARLES BENTLEY We feel as if we're carrying the weight of the city on our shoulders. In a way, we're the last true ...
LECHARLES BENTLEY You don't need an entry code for that.
KRISTEN BENTLEY It's depressing, you miss the time out in the mountains. I'm still going to hike a little.
JOE BENTLEY We had to crawl across ice in the bottom of the notch.
JOE BENTLEY We were hitting them with sticks so they would leave.
JOE BENTLEY This is grandma type of navigation. It's probably not currently being done by a lot of sophisticated...
MATT BENTLEY Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?
E. C. BENTLEY I really want to see good health care brought to all the people of Alabama at a reasonable cost.
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ROBERT J. BENTLEY Three is a sacred number. Some say it represents the trinity or three layers of the soul.
LAURA TREACY BENTLEY We need someone who has the experience - and the demeanor - to be the president of the United States...
ROBERT J. BENTLEY I know some of you don't care about food stamps, but I'm telling you if it feeds children, y...
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ROBERT J. BENTLEY I'm against high taxes. But we certainly cannot be so anorexic in government that we cannot func...
ROBERT J. BENTLEY Raising property taxes in Alabama is never going to happen. The people are never going to vote for t...
ROBERT J. BENTLEY I have no intentions of resigning.
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DAVID BENTLEY HART I have to uphold not only the constitution of Alabama, but I swore to uphold the Constitution of the...
ROBERT J. BENTLEY God's pleasure--the beauty creation possesses in his regard--underlies the distinct being of creatio...
DAVID BENTLEY HART The fact is that a bill allowing any employer to deny insurance coverage based on a moral objection ...
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RICHARD BACH The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
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RICHARD O'BRIEN I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes ...
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RICHARD LEAKEY I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
RICHARD BACH Learning is finding out what you already know.
RICHARD BACH Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
RICHARD BACH Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
RICHARD BACH If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
RICHARD BACH You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
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RICHARD SERRA I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and...
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RICHARD BACH If I never do another thing, I've met the good, sweet people of the world.
RICHARD DAWSON I've had the most incredible luck in my career.
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