David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.
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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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I am married.
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Every family is a crazy family.
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I give people style tips in Whole Foods. Wherever I go, people want to ask me questions all the time, and I'm more than happy to answer them. I love talking to people.
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I find time to write the way kids find time to ride their bikes.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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I work very hard every day not to have a lot of expectations. You just let go of the results, because a book will be on bookshelves and in libraries long after we're gone, and, in some ways, whatever happens is none of our business.
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Who'll love Aladdin Sane? Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.
