Boy George Quotes
Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara - things that you probably shouldn't like.
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It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I no longer limit myself.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand.
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Love means a lot to me, and I love loving, and I love boys.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I'm usually cast for the more goofy and tomboyish characters.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.
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Too often, I've seen instances where we have an idea of what we want to be, where we want to go, and with whom - before life steps in the way, throws something at us that is beyond our control, and changes everything.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.
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Your misery is everyone else's entertainment.
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If you don't write your books, there will be graveyards full of children.
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Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara - things that you probably shouldn't like.
