John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body.
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I have had enough of the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin... I call upon the McCain campaign to stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower who will wilt at any moment.
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.
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I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can't smoke in front of kids – he's the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.
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It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.
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When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.
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I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.
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I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a great need for. Films were the perfect means for satisfying that need.
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When I was 35, all of a sudden I thought maybe it'd be nice to knit a sweater.
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Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal.
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In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
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We boil at different degrees.
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To its neocon architects, Iraq was always about empire, hegemony, Pax Americana, global democracy – about getting hold of America’s power to make the Middle East safe for Sharon and themselves glorious and famous.
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I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.
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Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
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The one thing I've always tried to do in my life, in my work, on TV, is I just keep it real. I find it hard and time-consuming to try to be fake.
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At that point, Noriko finally breaks down and begins to cry sobbing into her hands as the floodgates open - this young woman who has suffered in silence for so long, this good woman who refuse to believe she's good, for only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves.
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I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.
