William S. Burroughs Quotes
How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
War is over if you want it.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think, 'I'll do it if it works, and if I don't, I can do something else.' That way seems to work for me.
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I have no guitar technique.
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Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York.
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I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
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Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's all get along' - I'm so tired of that damn sentence, but it's true.
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I want to do movies but not talk about them.
Nastassja Kinski -
A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
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When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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My goal was to be at the point - no older than 40 - where I would have enough resources to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged people.
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People either hate me or dislike me - but I realized that people aren't against you, they are for themselves. We're all prejudiced in favor of ourselves.
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How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.
