Johnny Marr Quotes
When you're young, you obviously have people you look up to. People like Andrew Oldham and Nile Rodgers inspired me then, and they inspire me now. But at some point, you start to try to be the best you can be and you're not copying anybody else. I'm just doing it in public, and my work needs to reflect that as well.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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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 met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in acting, and I had been doing school plays. A couple of years later, I called him up, and I started auditioning.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.
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I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
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I'm not just a rapper. I'm a child educator.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
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I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
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You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
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When you're young, you obviously have people you look up to. People like Andrew Oldham and Nile Rodgers inspired me then, and they inspire me now. But at some point, you start to try to be the best you can be and you're not copying anybody else. I'm just doing it in public, and my work needs to reflect that as well.
