Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey) Quotes
JU: Are you thin still? M: Um, in a crowd, yes. In a crowd of very heavy people.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
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I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.
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Because of the life I've had, I'd grown up quicker than most people.
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I learned that people are much more game to mock their own personas than you would think.
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To wear a gray tweed suit, you have to be mature and confident in yourself. Some people can't pull it off.
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If you're confident, then you don't feel weird about showing your vulnerability and opening yourself up to learning from somebody else. Insecure people stay where they are because they're afraid of admitting their weaknesses.
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JU: Are you thin still? M: Um, in a crowd, yes. In a crowd of very heavy people.
