John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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I'm looking to evolve the concept of the new renaissance artist, taking the world by storm through the art of public display and demonstration, with technical savvy, using cell phones and computers.
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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American workers are the best in the world. They teach our children, care for our sick and elderly, build our communities, and much more.
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When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.
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My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.
