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 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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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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If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.
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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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All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming,' 'Get over yourself,' 'You'll never get there,' 'Aim lower,' 'You'll hurt yourself,' from teachers, family, and friends.
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When technology reaches that level of invisibility in our lives, that's our ultimate goal. It vanishes into our lives. It says, 'You don't have to do the work; I'll do the work.'
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When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground.
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I want to avoid becoming too styled, too 'done' and too generic. You see people as they go through their career, and they just become more and more like everyone else. They start out with something individual about them, but it gets lost.
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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.
