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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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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How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?
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Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.
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I think our existence in professional sports is almost a protest in and of itself in sometimes the very sexist society that we live in. For us, it's just kind of right in line with what we always do.
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If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.
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I just like to be alone sometimes and think.
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Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth and Sofia Lauren are my style inspirations. In terms of modern day actresses who I find inspiring, I love Emma Stone, Rooney Mara, Kirsten Dunst and Evan Rachel Wood. They aren't afraid to take risks and make edgy.
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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.
