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'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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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 was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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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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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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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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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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My best friend is my husband.
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My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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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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That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don't fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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I've always understood that, as a woman and as a person of color, I would always have to work harder; I would have to have thicker skin. I would have to be more mindful of my reactions, the way I spoke to people.
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If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses.
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Given Iraq's strategic location, its large oil reserves, and the suffering of the Iraqi people, we cannot afford to replace a despot with chaos. It would be a tragedy if we removed a tyrant in Iraq only to leave chaos in its wake.
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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.
