Pete Burns Quotes
Over the years, I've had to learn how to deal with people who refuse to take me seriously. That's where I learnt the blunt side of my character.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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All my movies are achingly personal.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.
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The sun shines everywhere, not just at the beach.
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Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
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I think everybody has their own unique style.
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I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.
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I think the Winter Olympics are definitely on a smaller scale than the summer games, but with the inclusion of cool new sports like slopestyle skiing and snowboarding, it is going to breathe new life into them and attract a whole new crowd.
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Over the years, I've had to learn how to deal with people who refuse to take me seriously. That's where I learnt the blunt side of my character.
