John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
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You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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Companies are not lead by a single person; they're lead by a group of individuals collectively making good decisions on behalf of the company.
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I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me.
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How sweet on the breeze of the evening swellsThe vesper call of those soothing bells,Borne softly and dying in echoes away,Like a requiem sung to the parting day.
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In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
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Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.
