Patti Smith Quotes
I had a penchant myself for doing several things at once. I wanted to draw, write, speak.
Quotes to Explore
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John Green was on the set of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the entire time, which is amazing! Wouldn't you want John Green on set the entire time?
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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As a young man, I think I was in a bit of the revenge business for too many years of my life.
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The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.
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I love to smile.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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That was the beauty of 'Twin Peaks.' The young people had just as deep of storylines as the older generation in town.
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Quite simply, my writing life has been one of relish, challenge, excitement.
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Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.
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I love people and people watching. I love music. I am intrigued by musicians more than I am actors. I have a bigger respect for them.
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'Why not alter the habits of a lifetime and speak with candour?' asked Shimrod. 'Truth, after all, need not be only the tactic of last resort.'
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I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evil.
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I say a lot of things I don’t mean.
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The great difficulty and crowning glory of art is to paint, to draw, to write, naturally and simply.
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I always like to tell a story.
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Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.
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Remember that everything starts with a thought and thoughts produce in kind.
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The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of weapons of war throughout the world, and because here at home, we have 50 million of our citizens living in poverty, one in four children surviving on Food Stamps, a collapsing education system, poor health care, and many other disasters, none of which can be addressed as long as the country keeps pouring trillions of dollars into war and militarism. This madness and criminality must end!
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Individuals and cities without love are a danger to themselves and to others.
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I had a penchant myself for doing several things at once. I wanted to draw, write, speak.
