Jeffrey Ross Hyman (Joey Ramone) Quotes
To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
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We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.
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Because of the Internet, we're all such authorities on every subject and can chat about all sorts of things. But when push comes to shove, when our ideas are put to the test, that's when we find out who we really are.
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Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying to get me to play piano, but I was more interested in riding dirt bikes and playing in the mud.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.
