Patti Smith Quotes
If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find some universal formula for it.
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Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
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When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.
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I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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What kind of business world are we living in?
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When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.
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I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball.
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Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.
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'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
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I'm happy to admit that I'm a hopeless optimist.
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Finding animals that make light in the ocean is easy. Just drag a net through the water anywhere in the upper 3000 feet, and as many as 80-90% of the animals you catch can make light. The biomimetic lure that I developed imitates one of these - a common deep sea jellyfish called Atolla.
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My work with Benton was important as something against which to react very strongly, later on; in this, it was better to have worked with him than with a less resistant personality who would have provided a much less strong opposition. At the same time Benton introduced me to Renaissance art. remark on his former art-teacher w:Thomas Hart Benton
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.
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We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.
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I feel every artist has a certain amount of fan following.
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If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
