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 believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.
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We run on the beach some days, and others, we run hills behind the gym. We also do several hours of grappling each week as mixed with some intense cardio in the ring.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons.
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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.
