Patti Smith Quotes
The thing is that any sophistication I have, aesthetically, comes from 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar.' In the '60s, I never missed an issue, even if I had to steal to get them.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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Well into the 20th century, scholars viewed economic advances as resulting from commercial innovations enabled by the discoveries of scientists - discoveries that come from outside the economy and out of the blue.
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
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Hanson has rapid female fans, which I'm completely proud of, but a lot of fans are a contingent that have grown up with us really - our peers. There's younger fans. More and more guys are Hanson fans, musicians or kind of guys who were into a Beatles record.
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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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Tagliatelle comes from the word tagliare, meaning 'to cut.' Tagliolini are simply thinly cut tagliatelle.
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People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.
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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.
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The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.
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Work hard.
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… they believe that life begins at conception and ends at birth…
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Absolutely. Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight - and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.
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Sing the melody line you hear in your own head. Remember, you don't owe anybody any explanations, you don't owe your parents any explanations, you don't owe your professors any explanations.
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Men go after me, and I choose among them.
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As I have gotten older, I am more of an independent woman, and my mom and I have our own lives, but we are still best friends and can be there for each other.
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Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.
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People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.
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It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.
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There are many actors I really like and whose work I admire.
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The thing is that any sophistication I have, aesthetically, comes from 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar.' In the '60s, I never missed an issue, even if I had to steal to get them.
