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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I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.
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Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation and without limits would be very problematic.
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I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.
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I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly.
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I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into this business, and I don't think my parents really knew how to protect me.
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I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.
