David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me, because it's not their profession to do that.
Quotes to Explore
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.
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Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.
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I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
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I love James Brown, and as a baby, I was always dancing to James Brown.
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War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.
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Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
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As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content.
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There are three types of innovations that affect jobs and capital: empowering innovations, sustaining innovations and efficiency innovations.
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It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
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There's only one Elizabeth like me and that's the Queen.
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Tax reform for the 21st century means rewarding hardworking families by closing unfair loopholes, lowering tax rates across the board, and simplifying the tax code dramatically. It demands reducing the tax burden on American businesses of all sizes so they can keep more of their income to invest in our communities.
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I was always the class clown, and I think I gravitated toward performing for the attention I didn't always think I was getting at home.
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If you're pretty, you want to be ugly. If you're loud, you want to play quiet. You always want to challenge people's expectations.
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The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me, because it's not their profession to do that.
