Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Quotes
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
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To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together.
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There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
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Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.
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I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.
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I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.
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Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
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I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.
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I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But I'm also very preppy naturally.
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People where we come from hear so many lies that the truth stands out like a sore thumb.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
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Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.
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Victorian feminists made the mistake of making membership of the sisterhood conditional on signing up to a particular policy agenda. Marxist feminists made a similar mistake of saying, 'You can't be a real feminist unless you join with miners, the unions, the vegans.'
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If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?
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I love to listen to pop music and I admire people who do that, but I don't think I would ever be a very good pop star. I always leave that singing voice for the shower! I wouldn't put it out in the world!
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When I do an album I try to find a producer that's excited about something that they want me to sing, and I check with the record company to find out what they think they can sell - which is their No. 1 priority.
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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
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This town is diverse as shit. I like it here a lot.
