Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Quotes
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Do we mean love, when we say love?
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Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
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Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
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To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.
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They can say I have an opinion about something.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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I don't read any reviews, so I'm oblivious to what they have to say. I'm completely unaware. It's fantastic.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.
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When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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It seems to me that most good protagonists are both clever and resourceful. They are intelligent and can fix things, both little and big. They can come up with inventive solutions others would never think of.
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I've been having meetings with people, just everywhere in the world, and it's like, 'Hey, really love you to work with me, send me some ideas.' That's the crazy part.
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Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don't fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That's one unfortunate thing.
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It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.
