Johnny Marr Quotes
The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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The Cold War did end in the victory of one side and in the defeat of the other. This reality cannot be denied, despite the understandable sensitivities that such a conclusion provokes among the tenderhearted in the West and some of the former leaders of the defeated side.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I had a whistle-stop tour of Havana in a horse and carriage and couldn't stop taking photographs of the decaying yet enchanting buildings and people.
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These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people.
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Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have.
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I actually am always a music first person.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.
