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I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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I could never kill myself. I approve of suicide if you have horrible health. Otherwise it's the ultimate hissy fit.
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Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick me up and that I'd be waiting by the side of the road for a week.
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I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.
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