Patti Smith Quotes
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.
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Every generation of children has its private hero.
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I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.
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I always want to make my records sound great so they'll stand the test of time, and that takes a lot of work.
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The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and totally selfish and uncaring of others.
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Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.
