John Waters Quotes
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
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For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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People don't want to go to the dump and have a picnic, they want to go out to a beautiful place and enjoy their day. And so I think our job is to try to take the environment, take what the good Lord has given us, and expand upon it or enhance it, without destroying it.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
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All men - even, I have written, Jesus Christ - began as flecks of tissue inside a woman's womb. Every boy must stagger out of the shadow of a mother goddess, whom he never fully escapes.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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If you don't have the confidence to own the worth of your brand and share it unapologetically, you won't make a massive impact.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
