Viviane Katrina Louise (Viv Albertine) Quotes
“Punk’ was the only time I fitted in. Just one tiny sliver of time where it was acceptable to say what you thought.”
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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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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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children's stories or fairy tales.
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I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.
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It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
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The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
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“Punk’ was the only time I fitted in. Just one tiny sliver of time where it was acceptable to say what you thought.”
