David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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And I have known the arms already, known them all - Arms that are braceleted and white and bare But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!It is perfume from a dress That makes me so digress?Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. And should I then presume?
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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'I hear you are going to In-jea. A most interesting country. I had a very good time there in my early youth. You must do the pig-sticking in Rajasthan. And you will find the people most agreeable in their own way. They have been most uncommonly decent to my niece.' (Galbraith, Ambassador’s Journal, 36)
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When the world wide war is over and done And the dream of peace comes through We'll all be drinking some free bubble up And eating some rainbow stew.
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Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.
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I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true.
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Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
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'Moldova: Yes or No?' That's a great app, and we actually used the geo-locator on your phone, so if you are in Moldova, it will say 'Yes, you're in Moldova.' I'm so excited. People need that. That's the whole point. The whole reason you buy a $500 phone is to see if you are... in Moldova. Or not.
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If you want ideal health, you need to overcompensate and eat an excellent diet.
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If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.
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My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.
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You take your shots when you have them, and I threw a lot of touchdowns, but I'm always going to take care of the football in the red zone.
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The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.
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I am not gonna engage in a debate that Michael Jackson could be the biological father of any of those kids. I'm not havin it, not tonight. There's no way. Those kids are Whitey, Whitey McGee and Whitey McWhiterson!
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Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is extraordinary; I think he may be one of the best actors ever that we've worked with.
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Just as Marx used to say about the French Marxists of the late ’seventies: All I know is that I am not a Marxist.
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The feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself- including things like using your time well. In this way, self-discipline is self-caring.
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That zone sagged off us late in the game. We were looking for Tyler, but they had a guy sitting in his lap and a guy behind him. So it was tough to get him the ball.
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I'm going to insist on making sure that we've got decent funding, that we've got enough teachers, that we've got computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the television set and get over a certain anti-intellectualism that I think pervades some low-income communities, our children are not going to achieve.
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When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
