David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time...
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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My literary success meant nothing to me.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.
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I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.'
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Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.
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To be honest, I wasn't the best stand-up comic.
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I chose my own path because that was the only way.
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All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.
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I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.
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They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.
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I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time...
