David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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We provide business advice and guidance. We started it here in India first, and now we have taken it globally. India was the first for startup incubation in the world for us.
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I'll read a recipe but then decide, 'Well, it's sort of like this, then.' Or I'll go to the fridge and think, 'I'll see what I can put together,' and I'll combine beetroot and sausage and prawns with goat's cheese sprinkled on top and think, 'I like that they're all slightly pink. It looks fine and... actually, it is fine.'
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.
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In history, the millions win; that is democracy.
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I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
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Many support what I am doing.
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True believers aren’t real receptive to the idea that what they’re telling you is just mythology.
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The one thing that's always very safe to say with 'Arrow' is never make assumptions.
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Without the ability to criticize unjust laws in powerful symbolic ways, we can't change them. And the point of a democracy is that people should be able to convince other people to change a law.
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Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it.
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Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it.
