Laurie Anderson Quotes
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method may be capable of still further extension and improvement.
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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
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I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
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I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.
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Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should.
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Believe in the holy contour of life
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They never forgot That even the most dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
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At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So I associate reading with enormous pleasure.
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It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.
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I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!
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One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue... They're wusses.
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As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.
