Patti Smith Quotes
A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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Every single day, I get up and I say, 'I am going to live and not die.'
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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Science has the potential to solve all kinds of problems, but it depends on what a society wants to accomplish.
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When a person only knows abuse, they shift their whole emotional and spiritual life into the context of that abuse. If all you've ever known is to be hurt by the one that pretends to love you, then many times you go to the one who hurts you for love.
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I don't think that being Hispanic, being black, being white - I don't think that limits you to anything. I think everyone should just go for what they want.
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While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in California are amazing, as they are always challenging, and I never get bored from all the beautiful scenery.
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We've all grown up not the same, but with very similar morals and values. We know how it is. We know not to talk about anyone's mother and sister.
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A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester.
