Anthony Kiedis Quotes
To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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I would like to direct.
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I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!
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Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart.
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My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.
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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...
