John Waters Quotes
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I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Geeta. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices is given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.
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I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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It's not about putting a speaker in a chair or putting a TV in a bed. That's not how technology and the home intersect. For me, it's about sensors, about the home knowing where you are.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug.
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Until I got 'Full Metal Jacket,' I was doing Off-Off-Broadway plays with three people in the audience.
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I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.
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One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
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In order to develop a new culture, work must acquire a new status. Human beings-as-commodities cease to exist, and a system is installed that establishes a quota for the fulfillment of one's social duty. The means of production belong to society, and the machine is merely the trench where duty is performed.
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Synchronicities, epiphanies, peak, and mystical experiences are all cases in which creativity breaks through the barriers of the self and allows awareness to flood through the whole domain of consciousness. It is the human mind operating, for a moment, in its true order and moving through orders of increasing subtlety, reaching past the source of mind and matter into creativity itself.
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The holy father John Paul II made a profound impact wherever he went. And, of course, his trip to Boston was one of the earliest ones. But I must say every time that I met the holy father and mentioned Boston, he would immediately say, rain. So, it made quite an impact on him, too.
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My dad saw 'A Dirty Shame.' I felt bad about my father knowing what 'felching' was.
