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"I've got a great place, it's a country house."
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"We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary."
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"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."
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"Most of the doctors in the Tunisian administration, especially those in country districts, contracted typhus and approximately one third of them died of it."
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"Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs."
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"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!"
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"But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world."
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"What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel."
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"We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us."
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"New Jersey is the first state in the country to agree to treat gay and unmarried couples the same as married couples."
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Explore more quotes by John Mellencamp

"People have the right to say what they want to."
People

"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."
First

"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."
Son

"This is about black people selling out other black people."
People

"If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to."
Fans

"You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice."
Car

"When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally."
People

"I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles."
Work

"I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred."
Country

"A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song."
Music
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