Patti Smith Quotes
When I was young, I was offered my first recording contract in 1971 and was offered quite a bit of money if I would change my character and be a '70s version of Cher.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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The star of 'Narcos' and the director and creator of 'Narcos' are both Brazilian superstars. So Brazil has received 'Narcos' particularly well as it's been well-received around the world.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good at forgetting. Our ignorance of history is matched only by our unfailing optimism; it's actually part of our optimism.
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I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky … by the amount of reading they did, the languages they studied, the range of their plans for a better social order. (Or rather, for a new social order.) In the Acts of the Apostles there are constant references to the Way and the New Man.
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There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
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Make choices that bring love and joy to your body. It's not about perfection; it's about love and gratitude for an amazing body that works hard and deserves your respect.
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I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.
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When I was young, I was offered my first recording contract in 1971 and was offered quite a bit of money if I would change my character and be a '70s version of Cher.
