1983
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
92 min
CLEAR ALL
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.