David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
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Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll.
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To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.
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I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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It's so great to see a woman dressed in jeans and a lace-up boot with an extraordinary jacket. It's a moment where you do want to mix high and low, and it's not so much about a head-to-toe designer look.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
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No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.
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I couldn't sing Mama's special songs. I couldn't do them as well. I would rather present a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of Mama.
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God is a great concept, but it doesn't work
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In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
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What you can do is present existing flavors in a fresh way, in a fresh context.
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I don't know that 'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a complete reinvention, but I'm playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I'd be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature.
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I think my first musical memory is actually listening to Billie Holiday. I think I must have been, like, 3 or 4 years old.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.
