Patti Smith Quotes
It's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.
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I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
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We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times and that it could go from glaring sun to overcast skies to pouring rain in a matter of minutes, often shifting multiple times a day.
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Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.
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I think Heaven and afterlife is for the living; it's for the people that continue on and remember that person, and if you've done something that is substantial in your life then you can leave a legacy and do something positive.
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It's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.
