David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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When my wife passed, I stopped doing interviews and I stopped doing meet-and-greets, mostly because I sort of became this suicide ambassador. Everybody wanted to tell me their story.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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Macho does not prove mucho.
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A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
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When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
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First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
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you once liked me, didn't you?, he asked. LIKED you- I LOVED you. Everybody loved you. You could've had anybody you wanted for the asking.
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What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
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Revision plays a very large role in writing. Sometimes it seems to be all revision. And the longer I write, the more I revise-until it is completely right.
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I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name.
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Whoever reaches his ideal transcends it eo ipso.
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I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.
