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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation.
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Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.
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Humans are the one species the world could do very well without.
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Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.
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...available people are the ones who are dangerous, because they confront us with the possibility of real intimacy.
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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.
