David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.
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Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting.
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I feel like I'm a natural-born playwright, but the prose thing has always mystified me. How to keep it going? How do people do it, for years and years?
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
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People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
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At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
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A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend to keep it pretty simple and open-ended. I like the idea of people listening to my album and it meaning something to me but maybe meaning something else to them.
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We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and one enemy we've always had was the NME. They've always basically slated us and they've basically never ever written about the music.
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I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their environment.
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I'm a lot more productive in an actual office. I love being around our other editors, and going there every day alleviates some of the guilt that I think many self-employed people feel when you know you could always be working from your laptop at home. I feel so relaxed there, while completely engaged and inspired.
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Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.
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There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.
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I want people to see what's inside my head rather than just looking at me.
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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.
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Quite often people will get an animal which is probably not a good idea for them to have. They get it out of enthusiasm, there is a genuine interest, but sometimes they're not exactly prepared for what they're getting themselves into.
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No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!
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People gotta wash dey hands a cuppa times a day!
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I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.
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I have dated an actor or two. I've tried not to, but then, I don't want to be racist against actors.
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I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.
