Laurie Anderson Quotes
There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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I really don't have a type. I never had a type. If I could put them all together, it's, like, the most different grouping. So I love when guys are funny. I love guys that are funny and goofy and over the top. And you know, I really like personality.
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Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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I'm not trying to write a perfect record. I'm just trying to nail a moment in time.
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My mum is from Ghana, and she used to play highlife music in the house, and my dad used to listen to music.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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In Hollywood there's no real material. They would send me stuff, but I hadn't even seen the director. If I don't see the director's eyes, I'm not going. I'm not even going to pack my bags.
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It is quite plausible that the process of increased fragmentation of production across borders is subject to 'diminishing returns' and has its natural limits.
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So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics?
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I want Green Arrow to have fun. I don't want him to be a tortured hero. I mean, I've written plenty of tortured heroes, like Daredevil. But it's all there in Daredevil's origin as to why he'd be a tortured adult. Green Arrow doesn't have that kind of origin. In fact, he's such a clean slate that he doesn't even have an origin anymore.
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I write for women because it's the only way I can use what I've experienced. It's good that people like what I write, but I don't want to go down the feminist path.
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It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy.
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I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.
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You guys played hard, ... and it came right down to the last hole, just the way we wanted it to, and your guys did just what you're supposed to do: Three guys birdies the 18th hole to win it.
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Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.
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There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular.
