David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
Trying to tart the rock business up a bit is getting nearer to what the kids themselves are like, because what I find, if you want to talk in the terms of rock, a lot depends on sensationalism and the kids are a lot more sensational than the stars themselves.
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.
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Trying to tart the rock business up a bit is getting nearer to what the kids themselves are like, because what I find, if you want to talk in the terms of rock, a lot depends on sensationalism and the kids are a lot more sensational than the stars themselves.
