Patti Smith Quotes
I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.
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I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
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What has been forgotten is that there were major intellectual breakthroughs in the 1960s, thanks to North American writers of an older generation. There was a rupture in continuity, since most young people influenced by those breakthroughs did not enter the professions.
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We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.
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There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.
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The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.
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I do not want to see the allies defeated. But I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability that is amazing and seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed. Englishmen are showing the strength that Empire builders must have. I expect them to rise much higher than they seem to be doing.
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I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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I sometimes wonder why the aristocracy isn’t extinct, the lot of you seem so stupid sometimes.
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The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world.
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Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn … The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.
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These ruinous days of Autumn.At dusk,the brightness seeps through the crumbling air,at dusk the air gathers up the brightness
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.
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I love YouTube. You can find me there watching cat videos. I even like to watch other people play video games. I know it's a bit creepy, but it's my thing.
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.
