Patti Smith Quotes
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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Music is my release.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.
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I don't give my advice unless it's asked for.
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My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.
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When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.
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Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.
