Laurie Anderson Quotes
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I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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I sing all the time. But maybe nobody's hearing it, because I'm singing in my car or in my house or whatever. I don't need the roar of the crowd, and I don't need to hear cheers to feel validated.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
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I am just one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who is responsible and hard-working and at one point in their life benefited greatly from government programs such as student loans, Medicare, and Social Security.
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Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.
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I believe the gun has no power at all.
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When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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Can you imagine me coming to this country to blow up a post office? I told them, 'My bombs are my books.'
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Don't go through life, grow through life.
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I've built a network that curates interestingness. In my universe, it encompasses thousands and thousands of filters and people, each person being a filter. So it's kinda cool. Like I've created my own utopia, removing the boring stuff and showing only the amazing stuff.
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There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.
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Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.
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Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.
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It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
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I'm not the kind of person who ever thought, 'Oh, a one-woman show - bring it on!'
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I drink a lot of water and a lot of wine. I'm a wine drinker. Red wine, preferably.
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Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.
