Patti Smith Quotes
The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
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I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
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Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an autograph for her?' And some people send me stuff. I don't mind it at all: as a sportswoman, you owe them because they support you.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one song says, 'I love you,' the next is, 'Baby, don't leave me', the next is, 'If you leave me I don't care.' You have to drop in and out of different perspectives.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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Heavenly Father has given us a priceless gift in our capacity to communicate with each other. Our communications are at the core of our relationships with others. If we are to return home safely to Heavenly Father, we must develop righteous relationships with His children here in mortality.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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People, who accused me of practising a monopoly were wrong. The media fuelled rumours about my 'monopoly.' The first question I was always asked during interviews was about my supposed monopoly.
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I didn't realise how much I ate Mexican food, like tacos and burritos three times a week, until I came to Europe and couldn't find any.
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I've been a lucky boy.
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Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.
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Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
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Britain cannot compete with China or Taiwan on price; we compete on skills, on arts and culture.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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European festivals area lot bigger than American ones, but I like the travelling festivals, it's the same production every day and the bands get used to the stage set up and by the third or fourth show of the tour they're putting on a better show than if they just played one day.
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Throughout my scientific career, my wife has been my most constant collaborator. Her experimental skill made major contributions to the work; she has eased for me beyond measure the difficulties of communication that accompany deafness; her encouragement and fortitude have been my strongest supports.
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The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.
