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.
Mandy Bujold -
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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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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Eventually, I gave up my sublet in Berlin and stayed in England for a long time - for about 20 years.
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There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere.
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Personally, I don't think it is acceptable to manipulate the human germline for the purpose of changing some genetic traits that will be transmitted over generations.
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I'm spoiled - in all ways. I've been in a rock 'n' roll band since I was 13, and we had incredible success. When it ended, it had been so good that I just looked at it as time to try something different.
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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'.
