John Waters Quotes
My father was horrified by my movies, yet he lent me the money to make the early ones. And I paid him back with interest.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
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I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
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If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.
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We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic in our own minds.
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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy to millions of Britain's families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come.
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Strauss Group continues to strengthen its future growth engines, improve the company's competitive position, and increase market share, while continuing streamlining processes, improvements, and carrying out organizational adjustments in the company.
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Only in death will I relinquish my belts.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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You know what’s the real fight, the real money fight. It’s me
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I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
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I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.
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Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.
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My father was horrified by my movies, yet he lent me the money to make the early ones. And I paid him back with interest.
