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" Books are like my one and only joy. "
John Lydon
Books
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Joy
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" I wanted to wear the most impenetrable suit of armour ever known to mankind. 'Hello, Mr. Rotten...' You can't say anything about me. You can't put me down in any way shape or form - I'm rotten to the core... you know, what's left for you? Pleasantries? I suppose the worst insult you could sling my way is 'Oh, he's really nice, him.' "
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" I've always despised the hippies. "
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" I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile. "
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" Live music is healthy. "
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" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "
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" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "
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" I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way. "
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" If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away. "
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" I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "
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" People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. "
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You
Poor
" If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you. "
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" I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world. "
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Done
Fact
" I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling. "
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Feel
Wake Up
Values
" Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises. "
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" It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards. "
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Better
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" Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process. "
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Over
" I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. "
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" One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. "
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Education
Beautiful
Things
" I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "
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" I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are. "
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Best
Dressing
Find
" Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. "
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" As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off. "
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" Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. "
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" I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that. "
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" No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways. "
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" Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music. "
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Happens
" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
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" If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions. "
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