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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As soon as I start reading, drawing comes to me more easily. I find I work in my sketchbooks more. But if I'm working on a new show, my reading completely stops except when I'm on a plane. I take a stack of New Yorkers with me. I feel awful about those stacks of New Yorkers.
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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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People say they like my fashion-haul videos because it's like you've been shopping with your friends, and you look back over what you have bought.
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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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I'm glad I'm not a politician.
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Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
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The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts.
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Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.
