David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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They tried to make me go to RehabI said no, no, noYes, I've been black, but when I come backYou'll know, know, know!I ain’t got the time,And if my daddy thinks I'm fineJust try to make me go to rehabI won't go, go, go.
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I'm fascinated by adult women who don't have close friends and how that could come to be. I think when you're a kid, the relationships are so intimate, and you're so connected to your girls, so what becomes of them? What could possibly happen to have you become an adult woman and no longer have that?
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The only reason black lives matter to the Left is to secure election majorities at election time. That is the only reason that black lives matter.
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It was easy to get the offers for the good-looking vapid dude. I guess that's my power alley.
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The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.
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Melody Maker: Did Andy Wood's death and then Kurt Cobain's affect your attitude to drugs?
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When we serve the great, they are our destiny.
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I didn’t really expect to make any money. If I could make enough to cover the rent and buy some food that would be fine. As it turns out, it turned out to be quite valuable in the end.
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I like people too much. I really do.
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I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
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It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.
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I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.
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I suggest that a culture adopting an alphabet would denigrate right hemispheric values because the alphabet is a left hemispheric mode of reception. And this right hemispheric denigration would manifest in two principal ways: Women's rights would be taken away, and images would be declared abominations.
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My life is basically a big chunk of greatness.
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In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.
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We're clear," she said. "You're kind of a psycho. I get that.
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People associate farmworkers with illegal immigrants, and that's really not the case.
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The step between genius and insanity is very short.
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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you're better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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When we limit ourselves to speaking for only thirty seconds, the brain quickly adapts by filtering out irrelevant information. There’s another advantage to speaking briefly: it limits our ability to express negative emotions.
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Would you carry a razor, in case, just in case of depression?
