Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Quotes
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the character and what they want to show to the world, and what they are feeling at that time.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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How can our hearts not break? How can we hold our tears? How can we bear the pain of losing those loving children and their guardians, who were slain in Newtown, Conn.? Why can't we face the reality of our times and restrict deranged people from having these destructive powers?
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive.
