David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.
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Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
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Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
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Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.
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I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
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We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.
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As long as you are successful and winning matches, the language is no problem at all. But when the results are insufficient, the difficulties begin. At this time, a coach needs to go into more detail with his instructions, and that's where the problems can lie.
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You cannot build a great nation or brotherhood of man by spreading envy or hatred.
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The stories about the life and teachings of Jesus were mainly told in Greek, the original language of the gospels.
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Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black.
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My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.
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I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us.
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We'll continue to invest in new technology because we think every woman should have the ability to be connected through her beauty knowledge, opinions, products, and routine.
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On any given vote, on any given day, a smart senator who has taken a bold or controversial position can reach far more media outlets between the elevator and the Senate chamber than he or she could garner in a full press conference back home.
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Rather than forcing local factories to clean up after themselves, Changzhou decided to outsource the job of managing its water supply to a French company named Veolia - one of a handful of corporate giants now scrambling to take over city water systems around the planet, especially in the often polluted and water-short developing world.
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Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers - it's against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women, far too often, hold ourselves.
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My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
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One of my favourite things about living in the U.K. is having that chance to go to festivals.
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I would borrow my mom's red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown!
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I don't believe any lip shade is off-limits, but texture is key. A sheer lipstick in a healthy pink or neutral color looks more polished and grown-up than a super-shiny gloss.
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I don't like my lipstick to be too perfect, so what I do is put color in the middle and then dab it with my fingertip.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.
