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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We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.
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If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for a show. Then the director takes that and hires people. It's like trying to build a house without any bricks. You need the script. I could build the house, but I have to know how.
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What people are going to think of me, I can't really change that.
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There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse.
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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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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.
