David Vanian Quotes
In the beginning, the punk scene was so full of promise. All the bands were different, and all the sounds were different. The common denominator was that it was all very young kids doing it, and doing it on their terms. But then it became, 'You should listen to this and you should wear this uniform, and you shouldn't do this or that.' It was supposed to be about not having rules, but every generation of music gets watered down.
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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Atoms consist of a positive nucleus and negative electrons flying around outside it. Electrons closest to the nucleus feel a strong negative-on-positive tug, and the bigger atoms get, the bigger the tug. In really big atoms, electrons whip around at speeds close to the speed of light.
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The fact is that our business is fundamentally really strong. We have a platform and a depth that no one in the tech industry has. This means we have competitors at every layer.
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There is no way of being almost funny or mildly funny or fairly funny or tolerably funny. You are either funny or not funny and there is nothing in between. And usually it is the writer who thinks he is funny and the reader who thinks he isn't.
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Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.
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Citizens should bear the responsibility to act.
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Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.
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Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
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I believe that God has blessed me in immeasurable ways so that I can, in return, bless and help others.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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I still have a sweet tooth, so I bake a lot, but I'd much rather have one of my sweet potato brownies than a processed chocolate bar.
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I don't have a formula. Every time an actor wants me to hold their hand, I hold their hand. If they say, "Stay," I say "Okay, respect." You know? "I'm right over here." A kid, if I need to give a line-reading, I'll start acting out the part for the kid and just mimic the kid. You know? Whatever it takes.
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I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.
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People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of power.
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My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!
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Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
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In the beginning, the punk scene was so full of promise. All the bands were different, and all the sounds were different. The common denominator was that it was all very young kids doing it, and doing it on their terms. But then it became, 'You should listen to this and you should wear this uniform, and you shouldn't do this or that.' It was supposed to be about not having rules, but every generation of music gets watered down.
