Patti Smith Quotes
I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the Christ child, and I set it to music, and the Vatican orchestra played the music.
Quotes to Explore
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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People say, 'Oh you're so good, and you're so young!' It's like, 'No. I'm good. Period!'
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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I love the dramatic idea of having nothing on.
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Islam neither requires one to be practising, nor to dress in one way or another. So imposing the veil on a woman is contrary to the principles of Islam. … Unfortunately, after all the suspicion weighing on Islam, many people have begun to consider the veil as a political problem, but this is not the case … Wearing the veil is a free personal choice.
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Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.
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I don't agree that we have to win the Champions League to be a success.
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I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him.
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I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William Blake wrote for the Christ child, and I set it to music, and the Vatican orchestra played the music.
