David Johansen Quotes

Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment.

David Johansen

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Everyone knows that at the age of 11-12, children have a marked impulse to form themselves into groups and that the respect paid to the rules and regulations of their play constitutes an important feature of this social life.

Jean Piaget

LifeAgeChildrenRespectRules

I'd be totally exhausted by mid-afternoon, and I could barely climb the stairs at home. It was particularly alarming because all my life I'd enjoyed doing all my own stunts in shows, taking on every physical challenge. Yet suddenly, I'd become like a very old man. I knew something was wrong, but I had no idea what.

Michael Crawford

LifeHomeChallengeManClimbDoing

'Daddy used to be a Georgian,' Stalin's son, Vasily, once said. Actually, the dictator didn't truly become Russian; he remained Georgian culturally. Yet he embraced the imperial mission of the Russian people.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SonPeopleMissionSaidBecomeUsed

I wonder if the nursery and the chamber of horrors are as far apart as people think?

Tove Jansson

PeopleThinkWonderI WonderFar

This country deserves a statesman who can represent the people with proper decorum, respect, and knowledge of what's happening in the world, and I don't believe that Donald Trump represents any of that.

Michael Kelly

KnowledgeRespectPeopleWorldWho

I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really, about their material. We have to write about what comes naturally and what interests us - so I do.

Louise Erdrich

PeopleChoicesWriteUpUsAround

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

Chita Rivera

AmericanWayLuckyBeenItalian

I've been running my whole life. Running into bars, running around the world. But when you have a child, you can't run. That was a revelation.

Craig Ferguson

LifeChildWorldYouRunRevelation

Well, I grew up as a democrat.

Chuck Norris

UpDemocratWellGrew

My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

Bruno Mars

YoungTerribleLikeDemo

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

Lynda Barry

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Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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