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 couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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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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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.
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I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.
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PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs.
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'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' was really well done.
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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.
