Laurie Anderson Quotes
I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.
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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.
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Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.
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The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.
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If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.
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The relative lack of power of certain minority groups, and the fear they're feeling in the wake of Donald Trump's election, is something I think we really need to take a look at.
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The big thing is to make this country, along with every other country in the world with a few exceptions, quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. And that's what brings me into it.
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Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a couple of degrees off course. But I don't think solar storms are a life-threatening event.
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I'm thrilled by the fact that I made something out of nothing. There it is! It wasn't there before: there it is - I made it! That's pretty powerful, and that's the power that Buddhists give to every single person.
