Laurie Anderson Quotes
Life goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.
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I go to my kids' sports games and don't have to carry the enormous burden of secrecy with me every day. However, adrenaline still courses through my body whenever I go through passport control to another country.
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Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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Well, it was a typical meeting with the President. He was very gracious, very outgoing.
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Social media provides an avenue to build relationships with media outlets and have an ongoing relationship with reporters.
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Showing up is not all of life, but it counts for a lot.
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I try not to intellectualise what I do.
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When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.
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Life goes by so fast. It's really - and a lot of times things happen so fast you don't know - how should I react.
