Patti Smith Quotes
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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Atticus Finch is, you know, he was just his whole - the business of his modesty and his ability to see tomorrow and to try to buttress his knowledge of what was coming for his kids was something that I'll never - as a father I'm not able to do.
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Those who spread their sails in the right way to the winds of the earth will always find themselves born by a current towards the open seas.
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Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.
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Continuously give without recollecting and get without overlooking dependably.
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I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
