John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
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I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
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People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.
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With experience in boxing, you learn how to be a scientific boxer and how to fight easy.
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Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
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So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.
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I love the most the students with troubled lives.
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I don't really want a film as a present; you can get me a diamond ring.
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The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
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A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
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Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.'
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Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.
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Sometimes we'll walk into a set, and I'll think, 'Oh, this film doesn't look like this.' You know, 'cause I read the script, and I saw it in my head in some other way. Which is a lot like what happens when they're writing a movie that's based on a book - I'm like, 'Ah! He doesn't have a beard.' You have these visions in your head about it.
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English fondness for France is normally a sort of neutron love: take away the people and leave the buildings standing.
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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
