John Waters Quotes
People looked at my early pictures and called them the most disgusting things ever, and now 'Hairspray' is being done at every school in Britain and America.
Quotes to Explore
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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The world is too violent right now.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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I've realized over the years I either play very good people or very bad people, and I think I always enjoy the very bad people more.
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Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'
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Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior; yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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In America uniformed cops eat in coffee shops, diners and restaurants and I always feel safer having them around.
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People looked at my early pictures and called them the most disgusting things ever, and now 'Hairspray' is being done at every school in Britain and America.
