Patti Smith Quotes
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.
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The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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I can't even go down to the park anymore back home in Newark, New Jersey because my homeboys won't let me play. They tell me I'm too big time, too Hollywood, so they won't let me play out there no more.
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The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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There's something distinct and interesting about a live performance. There's this weird immediacy that's, for me, really invigorating, and it just feels really rewarding.
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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.
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I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul’s good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.
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Dialogue is one of the easiest ways to get character conflict across immediately in comics.
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I always tell the story of 'Irreplaceable.' I initially wrote 'Irreplaceable' with myself in mind, with plans of it being my record. I love that record; however, what I realised about that record was that though given the circumstances of that situation - men and women are not that different - when you sing about it, it changes things, you know?
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Two pieces of advice for young composers: Go away during technical rehearsals. And do not have a back operation.
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Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
