John Waters Quotes

Around '62 in Baltimore, all the girls had those big hairdos. And then suddenly, a few of the really hip ones started doing their hair straight. And people panicked. And it was called going 'Joe,' meaning Joe College. And people would say, 'I don't know. Should I be 'Joe'? I can't decide.'

John Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Author Profession: director
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  • Birth: April 22, 1946

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PeopleCollegeHairDoingMeaning

I was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast, so when I saw it I was like, I had to look three times and I was like, 'Did they customize that?' And then I saw a couple of other ones and I was like, ok, they must've made them overnight or something.

Jeremy Lin

LookFastKnowThreeSomethingSaw

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

John Dewey

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One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.

Melissa Rauch

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The capacity to be intrinsic and vulgar is American.

Stan Brakhage

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We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

Trombone Shorty

TryingNewNew OrleansAnythingCome

My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside me, if there's a hole in there, I thought: If I could just write a good song someday, then I'd be OK. You know, if I could just be on stage in front of people I'd never seen before and be validated by them.

Trent Reznor

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Art is such an important part of our culture.

Rosanna Arquette

ArtCultureImportantOurPart

When 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' came out, there was a certain backlash - 'Well, this isn't 'The Devil's Highway.'' That's just the way it goes.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.

Joyce Carol Oates

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I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore.

Brian Lumley

MeIdeasWritingKnowFreshGive Me

Us Jews are nomadic people.

Bryan Fogel

PeopleUsJewsNomadic

We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.

Kevin Costner

LiveWarStupidThinkMeanOver

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