John Waters Quotes
My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.
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I was very rebellious.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
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GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
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To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
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As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
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I'd been wanting to work with James McAvoy since I was in drama school. I suppose there are parallels in that we're Scottish, we went to the same drama school and share the same agent, but aside from that, he's someone I've looked up to.
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We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards.
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Science can and should inform debate about abortion and the law. But science does not resolve questions of moral value and moral choice.
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My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.
