Laurie Anderson Quotes
My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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You can only do so much theatre.
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I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.
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The Chanel woman is slender, sophisticated and chic.
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If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
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Nobody's free until everybody's free.
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My niggas stack their money just to spend it'Cause, when you die, you cannot take it with you
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We always want to see each other do well. And I think we all want to win. As competitive as you are, you always want to win.
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You seem to have dreamt on the white stone, in the midst of the people of dreams, since you dreamt so long a dream in the course of so short a night.
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One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
