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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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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I've triumphed over addiction.
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We constantly run lines together before every show too, and then there's a long, traditionally long, story to tell the audience every show. Today, we're doing it twice.
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Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the young.
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I've been through heartbreak and uncertainty and giddy crushes and everything. We all have.
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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.
