Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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You know how you put peanut butter on a piece of bread and the bread falls - it never falls on the bread side down, it always falls peanut butter side down. That's because of gravity.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
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Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.
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The best thing for my creative process is a deadline.
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I have, for a few years, been writing comedy prose - short pieces for my blog - because I found it to be a good way to write while I was on a TV show. It was different enough from my scripts that it felt like a break, but it still was comedy and very fun. I like to do comedy!
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I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
