Janis Joplin Quotes
I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly as we have with our phones.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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Why are we tiptoeing on glass? You can ask me whatever you like; people usually do, and I try to be as honest as I can.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
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I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
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I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?
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Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
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I think anybody can cook if they take the time.
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I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility.
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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.
