John Waters Quotes
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From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show is a show is a show.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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Coffee is my water now.
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I have a couple of dozen books on my reader: ideal for a long trip or an afternoon waiting at the medical clinic. It's flexible.
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If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
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Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
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From my own kind I only learnHow foolish comfort is
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When I said, 'I feel like everything I tried to do is there', it is less because of what I did than it is a case of Michael keeping his word. Sometimes he'd launch into a discourse, a convoluted discourse about something or other, and I had no idea what he was saying. I'd tease him about it, 'What on earth are you talking about?'
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Still are the thoughts to memory dear.
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Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum,quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur.
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Fate is not in man but around him.
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If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.
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'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is participating in that.
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If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.
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I think there's nothing better in the world than a spirited discussion about the Bible and Jesus and God and the Catholic faith, or the Jewish faith, or the Muslim faith - any religion.
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Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife. Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life. But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways, We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days. Hearts full of youth, Hearts full of truth, Six parts gin to one part vermouth.
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Elinor was still staring at this missive, her plucked brows drawn together in distaste, when the door opened. The maid announced, 'Mr Welman,' and Roddy came in.
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Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.
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The only thing that relieves pressure is preparation.
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I think the editorial page of the Washington Post is the best in the country. I think the editorials - considering it's a liberal town, liberal constituency and from the liberal tradition - I think it's the best editorial page around. It's quite balanced.
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I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.
