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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It is our family's hope that the true legacy and context of Malcolm X's life continues to be shared with people from all walks of life in a positive manner that helps promote the goals and ideals for which Malcolm X so passionately advocated.
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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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There needs to be fiscal common sense.
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When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats.
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You can’t kiss a girl into anything.
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Idling is not my strong suit.
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
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Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
