Laurie Anderson Quotes
I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.
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I remember being described often as 'the horrifically ugly Jack McCall,' and I kept thinking it took me about 10 seconds to get like that.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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I can't ever see myself playing the romantic lead because that's not me; I'm not that girl.
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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
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I'm not a big lingerie girl. I see it, and I love it, and I appreciate it, and sometimes I even buy it, and then it never gets worn. It just seems like kind of a wasted middle step. Either you're dressed or you're not. What is this in-between stuff?
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In your teens, you get the physical puberty, and between 28 and 32, mental puberty. It does make you feel differently.
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I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don't, I'll open a bookstore.
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As people's lifestyles have improved, they've become more and more sensitive toward animals. It's becoming a universal value, like Western classical music.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.
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I hope to continue the great tradition that you have created for us in this state of leadership in Albany.
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Trees are responsible for 3/4 of all rains.
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I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.
