J. B. Priestley Quotes
The real lost souls don't wear their hair long and play guitars. They have crew cuts and trained minds, sign on for research in biological warfare, and don't give their parents a moment's worry.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
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Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'
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I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.
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Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that it was going to be the biggest part of my life, the biggest love of my life, the biggest thing in my life.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I don't have a set image. In fact, I would be curious to know how someone slots me.
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
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We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.
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There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.
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'Cod' was a great story. It let me talk about the environment without putting people to sleep.
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With the first issue of 'Weasel,' I was even aware myself that I'd improved. I still have affection for my earlier stuff, but I don't think it's anywhere near as good as 'Weasel.'
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Drug culture is extremely prevalent and probably most people know somebody whose life has been affected by drugs, if it's not their own or in their own family, they have friends. It's a never-ending process.
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The real lost souls don't wear their hair long and play guitars. They have crew cuts and trained minds, sign on for research in biological warfare, and don't give their parents a moment's worry.
