Patti Smith Quotes
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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It's so important to me to do the washing, do the Hoovering. I don't ever want to lose contact with that.
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I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
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If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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I work out four to five days a week, alternating three workouts.
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It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
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What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.
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Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
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I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.
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Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.
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I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.
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These days, I try to eat for my blood type when I'm not eating for the fat kid inside me.
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Germany has spent the decades since World War II in national penance for Nazi crimes. America spent the decades after the Civil War transforming Confederate crimes into virtues. It is illegal to fly the Nazi flag in Germany. The Confederate flag is enmeshed in the state flag of Mississippi.
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A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.
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Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.
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I discovered that my professional training, with its focus on understanding and insight, had largely ignored the relevance of the living, breathing body, the foundation of our selves.
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Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.
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When I lose, I drink, and when I win I celebrate.
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Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
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Books are like chocolate. Can't eat just one.
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I'm not a very analytical person.
