Mick Jagger Quotes
I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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I'm very happy for others to engage in conjecture, but if I was ever conscious of what I'm thinking about when I'm writing, oh my God, I'd be totally lost.
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Do we really have to wander around apologizing for enjoying plot, just because James Wood and a few dozen other arch-aesthetes sniff at it? It's like being careful not to sing pop songs in the shower because some guy in the local alt-weekly is a music snob.
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Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set.
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Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.
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I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
