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.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
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.
Karen Abbott -
We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
Ted Cruz -
When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
Zac Brown Band -
People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
Fedor Emelianenko -
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.
Jacob Batalon
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
Abraham Cahan -
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.
Ian Mckellen -
At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
Nathaniel Parker Willis -
I had an amazing childhood.
Abbie Cornish -
We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
Eamon de Valera -
By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
Brown Campbell
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I was never pretty, never really popular. I was lanky and funny looking.
Tanya Roberts -
Death is the beginning of something.
Edith Piaf -
I really love learning and working long hours.
Doona Bae -
I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
Karel Reisz -
I never played sports or got into the whole guy camaraderie of, like, 'I love you, man! Seniors forever!' So suddenly being in the military with these guys who were under these very heightened circumstances, isolated from their families, living this very kind of Greek lifestyle, it changed my life in a really big way.
Adam Driver -
My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
Wallace Shawn
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
Washed Out -
Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities.
Deeyah Khan -
I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
Mandy Moore -
Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away.
Mary Hart -
My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.
Donald Hall -
I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.
Patti Smith