Patti Smith Quotes
I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would be a country house hotel in the middle of nowhere, with full room service.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things.
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I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?
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I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, 'Aw, you should have made a really big hip hop record, that would have been really good for you' or, 'You should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.'
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I went to my first drum n' bass rave when I was 16 and remember being terrified. Looking around, trying to figure out how to dance to this music, watching some girl in some hot pants, trying little ways to learn her movements.
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If people really like your music but you're not selling so many records, I don't think it really matters.
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I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.
