"Most of the artists were trying to make a living, trying to get laid, trying to figure out who they were. They weren't trying to change the world. That's what other people put on them. I knew all those people. I knew them all, intimately and well. Bob Dylan. I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth."

-- David Geffen

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Leaders have devoted themselves to politics, little knowing, it seems that political independence disappears without economic independence that economic independence is the foundation of political independence.”
“People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I take them minute by minute, but I honor my commitment to stay sober.”
“You know, I'll tell you, nothing changed after 'No Strings' for me. A lot of people said, like, 'Your game will be different,' but it wasn't. It really wasn't.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing”
“If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!”
“Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didnâ€™t expect that. â€œThatâ€™s it? Thatâ€™s your witty comeback?â€ â€œYep.â€ Eloquence â€™Râ€™ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabicâ€”safer that way.”
“Heroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.”
“When we see life, we call it beautiful. When we see death, we call it ugly. But it is more beautiful still to see oneself living at great speed, right up to the moment of death.”

Source : Jean Genet (1987). “Querelle”, p.46, Grove Press

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