“Now let's repeat the non-conformists' oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!”
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People Quotes — page 639 of 5018
“When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear…but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’”
“I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people into a situation where they're sensitive to themselves watching the piece.”
“One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.”
“In every language you can imagine I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think you could say something nicer to an entertainer or performer - can't get more respectful.”
“I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.”
“I avoid people who I actually like. I suppose that’s a phobia but also a habit.”
“Most people keep their brains between their legs.”
“Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.”
“Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at.”
“Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they are at liberty to be as eccentric as they please, they do not know that they are eccentric.”
“People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.”
“Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.”
“Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.”
“I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the free men and women of this country, as 'the masses.'”
“Hayek is amongst the top 2-3 of the all the people who ever influenced me.”
“Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.”
“I think musicians should stay off television generally. I get asked all the time. Those shows are just promoting insipid comedies. Who watches those shows? And whoever does I don't think my music would speak to those people. I don't even want those people to hear what I'm doing.”
“I see people as they really are from a pure point of view.”
“Sometimes we want to engage in a war for financial reasons, for strategic reasons, for moral reasons, for all sorts of reasons, and it's important when we're making that decision to remind ourselves of what happens to the people on the front lines when we start this process.”