Laurie Anderson Quotes
I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.
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I have always been a pretty big fan of ghost stories.
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Theres no drama like wrestling.
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Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.
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I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
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I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.
