Anthony Kiedis Quotes
It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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I don't feel closeted.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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He vanished to the public in order to materialize for his family.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
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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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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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We came to a side road, and off the side of the side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the cliff there was another pile of garbage. And we decided that one big pile is better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up we decided to throw ours down.
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To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.
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I've been in so many love triangles on TV and in real life.
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The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.
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I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people.
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It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.
