Patti Smith Quotes
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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I had an amazing childhood.
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Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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I really love learning and working long hours.
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Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw that I was different. I learned that oftentimes, Spike directs in a sense that he might just stare at you and look at you in a telepathic way of communicating.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song.
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Relativity is inherently convergent, though convergent toward a plurality of centers of abstract truths.
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I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.
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With two children of my own, I know what it means to balance the demands of family and career - and let's not even talk about finding a date for myself. Rabbi Shmuley keeps telling me he'll find me the perfect woman. My response is, 'As long as she's not a journalist'.
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I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.
