John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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There is something about a home aquarium which sets my teeth on edge the moment I see it. Why anyone would want to live with a small container of stagnant water populated by a half-dead guppy is beyond me.
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I genre-hop quite a lot. I love manipulating genre and deconstructing it and making it irrelevant. Genreless music is great because it means you get to write in any genre that you like.
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Harvey Publications hired me as a letterer, and they found out six seconds after I got the job that I couldn't letter. I still can't letter. So, they hired me to draw.
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Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.
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Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.
