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I'm the smartest at 8 A.M. I wake up at 6, drink three cups of Awake Tazo Tea and read five newspapers. I have to think up something every day, Monday to Friday.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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It`s great to be able to drive around and spy on people, which I do when I'm writing. People tell me the most personal things about their lives for no reason - on airplanes, everywhere I go. People just blurt out secrets. I'm not sure why. I think that they see in my films that nothing will make me uptight. I'm not going to judge them.
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Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.
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Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside.
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