Patti Smith Quotes

I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.

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• A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

  

  Dan Rather
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  • Free
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• The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!

  

  Felicity Kendal
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• I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.

  

  Cameron Monaghan
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• You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
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• These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
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• I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.

  

  Ed Harris
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• I thought, you know the food and the diet thing is one way to start yourself onto a healthy lifestyle, but if you don't move, if you don't start exercising you're gonna deteriorate.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
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• If you're not in it you can't win it.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • You
  • Win

• They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

  

  Barney Ross
  • Want
  • Japanese
  • Planes

• It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.

  

  Sam Altman
  • World
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• I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Never
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  • Lazy

• As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

  

  Sam Neill
  • People
  • Men
  • Job

• All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

  

  Aaliyah
  • God
  • Hope
  • Hands

• It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Without
  • Furniture
  • Imagery

• It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Time
  • Money
  • Better

• I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Me
  • Feel
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• Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Today
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• It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

  

  Laura Carmichael
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• Don Marquis came down after a month on the wagon, ambled over to the bar, and announced, 'I've conquered that goddamn willpower of mine. Gimme a double Scotch.

  

  E. B. White
  • Alcohol
  • Bars
  • Scotch

• I like for my home to reflect my fashion. I love adding earthy pieces to something very glamorous, and I love having things with a history or a story sitting alongside an uber-modern piece.

  

  Karen Fairchild Little Big Town
  • Love
  • Home
  • History

• My dad, well, he sells tractors, just like my granddad, and I'm darn proud of that.

  

  Cory Gardner
  • Dad
  • Proud

• Even if you don't like what I do, and you don't like my band, you might have a fan that likes both of us, and why would you wanna alienate them?

  

  Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides
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  • Band

• My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.

  

  Ben Harper
  • Music
  • Family
  • California

• I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.

  

  Patti Smith
  • Family
  • Money
  • Kids