Patti Smith Quotes
One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk. That's my goal.
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Broadway is really my life.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
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Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car.
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In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money.
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I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.
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People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.
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I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of the prophet. That's how I trained myself. And then I was appointed imam by a Sufi master from Istanbul, Turkey.
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I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.
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I had my two front teeth knocked out by a sixth grader in first grade.
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I do think that even with entertainment and telling stories, people in the entertainment industry have such a beautiful position in the world to speak about things that they're passionate about in a way that can grab people more than just sitting and telling someone about something, because you can show it visually.
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I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi.
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One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk. That's my goal.
