John Anthony Genzale (Johnny Thunders) Quotes

A lot of people don't think they can count on me, but I've never missed a gig in my life.

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• I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Baby
  • Born
  • Texas

• I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Learned
  • Dangerous
  • Drive

• On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • Father
  • Fantastic
  • Brothers

• The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • People
  • Time
  • Struggle

• There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Very
  • Days
  • Humanitarian

• My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • World
  • Chicago
  • Hockey

• I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Good
  • Immigration
  • Legal

• I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.

  

  Barry Unsworth
  • Like
  • Being
  • Just

• I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • Heart
  • Feeling
  • Ideas

• Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • People
  • Learning
  • Share

• I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Women
  • Earth
  • Peace

• I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Thought

• David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Style
  • Boy
  • Gay

• There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Truth
  • Understand
  • Stars

• Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Greatest

• While there are manners and compliments we do not meet, we do not teach one another the lessons of honesty and sincerity that the brutes do, or of steadiness and solidity that the rocks do. The fault is commonly mutual, however; for we do not habitually demand any more of each other.

  

  Henry David Thoreau
  • Honesty

• I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

  

  Freddy Adu
  • Important

• I'm becoming more and more of a social media participant, so of course I can always be found everywhere from Twitter to Insta to Facebook.

  

  Aeriel Miranda

• The ego always needs to be 'doing,' and repeating a mantra guides my mind to a deeper, less active experience.

  

  Jeff Kober
  • Mind
  • Experience
  • Ego

• That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

  

  Alan Arkin
  • Remember
  • Age

• Stand-up comedians say that anyone in the audience can be funny, but people paid to see us because we're just a little bit funnier. In the same way, I think anybody can play music - in fact, I think everyone has music in them, but some of us can do it a little better.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm different. I'm not just a comedian.' I'm trying to become a rock star.

  

  Kevin Hart
  • People
  • Different
  • Trying

• I've been through legislation creating a dozen national parks, and there's always the same pattern. When you first propose a park, and you visit the area and present the case to the local people, they threaten to hang you. You go back in five years and they think it's the greatest thing that ever happened.

  

  Mo Udall
  • People
  • Firsts
  • Creating

• A lot of people don't think they can count on me, but I've never missed a gig in my life.

  

  John Anthony Genzale
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