80s Quotes - Page 14

• The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

  Patricia Schroeder

  Mood

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• In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.

  Les Wexner

  America, Important, Quality

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• The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories.

  Mike Thibault

  Memories, Reality, Nba

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• I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.

  Mayim Bialik

  Three, Comedy, Raised

  "Emmys 2012: 'The Big Bang Theory's' Mayim Bialik - a Smart Bet". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 21, 2012.

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• The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

  Alan Rickman

  New York, Eight, Rocks

  "'CBGB' was never on Alan Rickman's 'Agenda' - now he's the boss"by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2013.

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• During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

  Julia Roberts

  Struggle, Simple, 80s And 90s

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• Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s.

  Gus Van Sant

  Style, Want, Documentaries

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 22, 2003.

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• I'm single, so I'm trying to do an overall overhaul. The look I'm going for is very '80s supermodel. It's time to be sexy.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Sexy, Trying, Looks

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• I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written Just Kids had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.

  Patti Smith

  Kids, Thinking, Crafts

  "The Saturday interview: Patti Smith". Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.

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• No, I always felt that amongst my core fans- because there was a level of popularity that I had in the mid '80s that was sort of a bump on the scale- they fundamentally understood the values that are at work in my work.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Bumps, Levels, Fans

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• I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.

  George Strait

  Singing, Mouths, Miles

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• I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

  Paul Weller

  Serious

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• There was a bad patch in the '80s and early '90s when feminist thinking had become sort of a monopoly and had developed a series of litmus tests.

  Naomi Wolf

  Thinking, Feminist, Tests

  Naomi Wolf answers your questions, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2001.

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• When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.' I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they're influenced by me - it's bizarre.

  Steven Wright

  Kids, Thinking, Years

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• In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.

  Al Yankovic

  Thinking, Years, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of Black identity, and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Thinking, Black, Identity

  "Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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• 'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and... obsequious.

  Matt Groening

  Memories, Tv Shows, Down And

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• I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me.

  Noel Gallagher

  Rap, People, Hip Hop

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• Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.

  Manolo Blahnik

  Blur

  "Head Over Heels for Manolo Blahnik" by Lisa Armstrong, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 23, 2010.

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• An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Character, Differences, Rough Patches

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• I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

  Garth Brooks

  Winning, Nashville, People

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• Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

  Chuck Close

  Artist, Thinking, Important

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• Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.

  Joan Collins

  Eden, Lists, Actresses

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• My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day when she was in her 80s, 90s. She loved rock music. I never had anyone in my family that was anti-rock n' roll.

  Alice Cooper

  Grandma, Rocks, Nails

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• Getting trapped back in the '80s, it's almost like a comic nightmare, which for me is a very real nightmare. Every time I flip through the cable, I have flashbacks.

  John Cusack

  Real, Flip, Nightmare

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