David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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I'm still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.
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Music evokes a lot of different emotions and triggers different senses.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
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People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.
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In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle.
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We prefer the shadows where we feel safe over the light which exposes us and causes us to say 'woe is me!'
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The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past.
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When you win the toss - bat. If you are in doubt, think about it, then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a colleague then bat.
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I feel like now I have an amazing wife, a super smart child and the opportunity to create in two major fields. Before I had those outlets, my ego was all I had.
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An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.
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My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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It's ill-luck to serve a bad man,
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I'm not this big Hollywood mainstream actress, but who cares? I think I just have a certain sensibility for smaller projects. I like intimate things. I think I do well in that kind of environment. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't love to do bigger projects. I feel everyone has their own journey.
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I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.
