Boy George Quotes
I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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You're dealing with all these foreign agents, foreign brushes, and different time zones. So, you have to put just as much work into taking that makeup off as you do into putting it on.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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I would like to be known for honest, relatable writing and stories that that are real. There's just this shift I think is happening in a lot of society right now where being your most real self, however embarrassing or vulnerable or weird that is, is the coolest. I feel like that's what Lena Dunham's about and Amy Schumer's about.
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The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.
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We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.
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You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor.
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Tacked above my desk are photos of artists I admire - Hopper, Sargent, Twain - and postcards from beloved bookstores where I've spent all my time and money - Tattered Cover, Elliot Bay, Harvard Bookstore.
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Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.
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Music is like a lifeblood - it changes the way I move; it changes the way I feel about myself. The way I walk into the room is different depending on the song I was just listening to.
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
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I was not only twenty-three, but a conspicuously retarded twenty-three.
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Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through and see those whom one loves come through.
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I don't know how long it has been since my ear has been free from the roll of a drum. It is the music I sleep by, and I love it.... I shall remain here while anyone remains, and do whatever comes to my hand. I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.
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I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.
