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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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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I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me.
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I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us.
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Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.
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I do not forgive myself for being born. It is as if, creeping into this world, I had profaned a mystery, betrayed some momentous pledge, committed a fault of nameless gravity. Yet in a less assured mood, birth seems a calamity I would be miserable not having known.
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Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are. Openness is bodily openness, muscular relaxation, heart openness as opposed to hiding behind some emotional wall, and spiritual openness, which is actually feeling so fully into the moment that there's no separation between you and the entire moment.
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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
