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" It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing. "
John Lydon
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" You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on. "
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" I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being. "
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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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" You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! "
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" I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. "
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" I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one. "
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" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "
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" Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything. "
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" Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living! "
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" I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. "
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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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" 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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" Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. "
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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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" Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. "
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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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" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "
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