David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I went mainstream in a major way with the song "Let's Dance." And what I found I had done was put a box around myself. It was very hard for people to see me as anything other than the person in the suit who did "Let's Dance," and it was driving me mad - because it took all my passion for experimenting away.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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Pain is never permanent.
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I was a diabetic for 16 years, since I was 14. Being that I lost weight, no more diabetes. You don't have to lose your eyesight, cut off your toes, have a stroke, get kidney failure. You just have to lose weight - you know - for most of the diabetes.
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I don't think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is better left to the imagination. It's just more tasteful.
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When I was younger, I used to pray that I would die before my mom. That's just how much my mom meant to me. I couldn't imagine being in this world without her. But then seeing cancer - seeing what it can do to somebody - as strong and as tough as she was, there was nothing she could do. Cancer is a dirty, dirty deal.
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Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.
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I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.
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I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.
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Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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All over Africa, people are wearing what Americans once wore and no longer want. Visit the continent, and you'll find faded remnants of secondhand clothing in the strangest of places.
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We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.
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The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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I had imposed unspeakable worry on my husband, Paul de Bendern, on more occasions than I could count.
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I went mainstream in a major way with the song "Let's Dance." And what I found I had done was put a box around myself. It was very hard for people to see me as anything other than the person in the suit who did "Let's Dance," and it was driving me mad - because it took all my passion for experimenting away.
