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Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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Once I had a shrink who said, Your parents are the fuel you run on, because I was raised in the tyranny of good taste. If my parents hadn't taught me all that, I couldn't have made fun of it. So I thank them, and they were loving. It takes a long time to realize that they made me feel safe when I lived a life which was very not safe.
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When I was young, no one wanted to be one now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.
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Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.
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Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great it's not a trendy town.
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I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely loved it. I love battles within the gay community or feminist community. I love radical theorists.
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