Laurie Anderson Quotes
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I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They're both exactly as big as they need to be. I can't be doing with an ostentatious, big house - you can only be in one room at a time.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I try to photobomb as much as possible.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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I would love to play 'Funny Girl' or 'Evita,' but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don't know if there needs to be another version of those shows.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I feel like I'm struggling now, and nearly every musician I know feels that way - even the most successful ones. I realize that I'm very lucky, but I still feel like I could be doing so much better.
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I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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My life is a testament to believing that if you want something you can make it happen.
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So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic about.
