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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• 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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• 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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• Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.

  

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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.

  

  Patti Smith
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