Laurie Anderson Quotes
Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't know if we all have those gifts for restraining our emotions... or whatever it is he does.
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You have to try to grow between every fight: get back in the gym and keep working hard and find the areas that you need to work on. See what you did wrong and work on it.
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At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest. You know, I'm figuring it out. I did just move to New York, so I have to pay my rent.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it!
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Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
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I know your kind, he said. What’s wrong with you is wrong all the way through you.
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I'm not against making new fans, but I'm not going to go out of my way to pander to someone and try to make them like me; that's not who we are. It's not as if we're fighting to find an audience - we have our audience, and anybody else is definitely welcome.
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There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.
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Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment.
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I am bound by my own definition of criticism: a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.
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Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.
