Patti Smith Quotes

The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

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• What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.

  

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• You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

  

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• Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.

  

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• I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.

  

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• Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.

  

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• At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.

  

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• Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.

  

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• I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

  

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• A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.

  

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• If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down.

  

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• I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'

  

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• Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

  

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• Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.

  

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• More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.

  

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• I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.

  

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• Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

  

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• I think any workplace relationship is dangerous. That's been my personal experience. They haven't always worked out the best. But I know other people for whom it worked out great.

  

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• When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person,not the shell. That's why you can't fall in love with beauty. You can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. You can love it with your eyes and body but not your heart. And that's why, when you really connect with a person's inner self, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant.

  

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• I'm just a normal schmo like anyone else.

  

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• Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.

  

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• When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren't detected early enough. I thought, 'I can play a role there.'

  

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• The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

  

  Patti Smith
  • People
  • Cool
  • Worry