William S. Burroughs Quotes
Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.
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Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.
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Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.
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It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.
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I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character.
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For me, just being published feels like success.
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The truth about the nature and the power of the elite is not some secret which men of affairs know but will not tell. ... No matter how great their actual power, they tend to be less acutely aware of it than of the resistance of others to its use.
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American servicewomen will continue to be viewed as second-class warriors if leaders push them to take up the customs of countries where women are second-class citizens.
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It definitely is an ice breaker going into the awards already having one, and it was just so crazy when I heard I did win because I was in London at the time, and we were doing a festival out there, and my manager was like, 'You just won an ACM.' And I was like, 'How? It's so early!'
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I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.
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Once you learn how to roller skate for 'Starlight Express,' it's a lifelong skill you have acquired.
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Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.
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Truth is what will be steadily borne out by subsequent experience
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Men were surprised by her unconventional ways all the time.
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Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.
