Laurie Anderson Quotes
A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara.
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Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.
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When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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Men are visual creatures.
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The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing; you're trying to create the illusion of a bigger dynamic range.
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I grew up with three sisters, so I got used to being around them and all of their worries about fashion and what they are wearing.
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Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows.
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You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.
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A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.
