John Waters Quotes
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I definitely had to do some soul searching, and there would be a lot of times where I would sit back and look at the Internet and say to myself, 'This is a way of being able to communicate with all my fans all over the world, other than just being in New York and only hearing the New York side of things.'
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers.
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When I started running for Congress, it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I don't believe in being a size 0. I don't believe in starving. Women should totally embrace their curves.
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If you go home with someone and they don't have books, don't fuck them.
