John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the individual.
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We're a pretty strong bunch, and we have pretty lofty goals. For us, the manager is very important in a lot of ways, but also, we have a job to do, and that's to go out and win.
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The sensate body possesses an art of interrogating the sensible according to its own wishes, an inspired exegesis
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Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
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If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be worse off.
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I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.
