David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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When I create a TV show, it's so that I can write it. I'm not an empire builder; my writing staff is usually a combination of two kinds of people - experts in the world the show is set in, and young writers who will not be unhappy if they're not writing scripts.
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly avoiding other pursuits that could be harmful to them.
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When you're taxing bovine flatulence emissions, there's nothing left to tax.
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I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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Socialism cannot exist without a change in consciousness resulting in a new fraternal attitude toward humanity, both at an individual level, within the societies where socialism is being built or has been built, and on a world scale, with regard to all peoples suffering from imperialist oppression.
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And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.
