Patti Smith Quotes

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

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• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Work
  • History
  • Original

• I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • People
  • Character
  • Comedy

• In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • Beginning
  • Dance
  • Much

• I never left doo wop.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Never
  • Left

• I want to be judged on my own merits.

  

  Park Geun-hye
  • Want
  • Own
  • My Own

• If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Care
  • Down
  • Planning

• I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • London
  • University
  • Received

• The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Movement
  • Presentation

• I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Offer
  • CSI

• The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

  

  Ovid
  • Man
  • Sea
  • Calm

• Making music is fantastic.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
  • Music
  • Making
  • Fantastic

• The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.

  

  Dallas Willard
  • People
  • Life
  • Know

• I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Up
  • War
  • Culture

• I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.

  

  Barbara Broccoli
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Bond

• As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Long
  • Training
  • Army

• I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.

  

  Lana Parrilla
  • Music
  • Christmas
  • Loved

• This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.

  

  Walther Bothe
  • Different
  • Result
  • Using

• I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.'

  

  Linda Perry 4 Non Blondes
  • Good
  • Mom
  • Gay

• I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.

  

  Matt Kuchar
  • Good
  • Opportunity
  • Player

• See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Work
  • God
  • Job

• We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.

  

  Joe Paterno
  • Good

• All I want to do is work.

  

  Ansel Elgort
  • Work

• As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility.

  

  Patti Smith
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