Patti Smith Quotes
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I have never believed in the impossible.
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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I have been fighting the best. I am just 26 and have fought in the biggest arenas.
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I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.
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I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.
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It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
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I don't take myself seriously in the slightest, so it does amaze me that I've ended up being in all these very dark, sinister plays. But I love it because, touch wood, I'm lucky enough not to have that level of darkness in my life.
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As an artist, you have to work really, really hard because you gotta make something that will allow people to even take the chance to even listen to it, you know?
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I genuinely enjoy the process of making colourful, delicious food. But I do allow myself an occasional piece of chocolate - today I had a pastry. If I fancy something, I'll have it.
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I've sung other people's music all my life.
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I've always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.
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Every religious tradition is rooted in mysteries I don't pretend to understand, including claims about what happens after we die. But this I know for sure: as long as we're alive, choosing resurrection is always worth the risk.
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I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.
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Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
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It's a confidence booster for me to be known as a female who can take on any action, which is nice, to have that reputation, because then people know that when they hire me, I can actually do the physical stuff.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.
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I can adapt to any environment or any situation I need to, so I am ready to go to Russia. You take what you get or start crying about it, but I am re-doing 'Rocky IV.' I am doing the black 'Rocky.'
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O little booke, thou art so unconning, How darst thou put thy-self in prees for drede?
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After all, we are not promoting welfare. We are promoting work. We are not pushing for more entitlement programs. We are pushing for more enterprise. We are not trying re-distribute existing wealth.
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I know Bo Xilai well. But our relationship was based on our work; we didn't have a personal relationship.
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I like gettin' old.
