Patti Smith Quotes
I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
Madame de Stael
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
Ed Balls
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
Naomi Scott
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
Barry Marshall
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
Carice van Houten
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
Jackie Evancho
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
Daisy Fuentes
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
J. Michael Straczynski
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
Gary Herbert
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
Beck
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
Malik Bendjelloul
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
J. Michael Straczynski
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
Magnus Carlsen
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
Daniel Dae Kim
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The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.
Matthew Arnold
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The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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Not to cover the subject, but to uncover and isolate a part of it … is the aim of the aphorist
Clifton Fadiman
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
Raney Aronson-Rath
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Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.
Danielle Berry
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I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
Patti Smith