David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
For here, am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do... Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still - and I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell my wife I love her very much.
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.'
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Logic is in the eye of the logician.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.
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In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some.
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I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.
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I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.
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I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.
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Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me.
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If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.
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The kid who can play imaginatively doesn't tend to be violent. It's the same with adults.
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Drag has always made me feel less scared.
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I myself have proved it to be of no small use, when in bed in the dark, to recall in fancy the external details of forms previously studied, or other noteworthy things conceived by subtle speculation; and this is certainly an admirable exercise, and useful for impressing things on the memory.
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I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's not earnest but it's vulnerable.
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There is a still small voice telling us what is right, and if we listen to that still small voice we shall grow and increase in strength and power, in testimony and in ability not only to live the gospel but to inspire others to do so.
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'Do you always travel first-class, Mr. Hardman?' 'Yes, sir. The firm pays my travelling expenses.' He winked.
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I'm beginning to think that women should be denied the vote. Their hormones rage; they are too emotional.
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For here, am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do... Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still - and I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell my wife I love her very much.
