Mickey Kaus Quotes
If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.
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I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
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Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
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There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts.
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The world does not have an Islam problem; the world has a dignity problem.
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The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
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Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.
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My eyebrows could do with a trim.
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For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.
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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
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I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. The black is sort of the bad-guy guise, so I work overtime to make people comfortable.
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All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.
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Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.
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We have not long to live in any event. Let us spend what is left in seeking the unpeopled world behind the sunrise.
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If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.
