Patti Smith Quotes
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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Time was God's first creation.
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The view which regards man as a well, a reservoir full of possibilities, I call the romantic; the one which regards him as a very finite and fixed creature, I call the classical.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Books such as 'The Rules' and 'He's Just Not That Into You' need to go out of the window.
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I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards.
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In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.
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I'm a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by.
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I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
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I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.
