Amanda Palmer Quotes
Interviewer Barb H: Your sound is quite refreshing, did it come naturally?AP: As natural as the day you were born, my love.
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The only power you have is the word no.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
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I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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I don't have time to be that girl who does the super workout. But I try to be as fit as possible, given my schedule. Even if I do 20 minutes a day, it's better than nothing.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad's side.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order.
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I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.
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I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.
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You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to stop the guy you're playing, they pay you millions of dollars. You get you a TV and break the player down yourself.
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I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.
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Since 2009, 140 Tibetans have immolated themselves to protest Chinese policies that limit their freedom of movement, speech and religion, especially their right to venerate the Dalai Lama.
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Paris is beautiful, but nothing beats home.
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Where is the research that says HIV is the cause of AIDS? There are 10,000 people in the world now who specialize in HIV. None has any interest in the possibility HIV doesn’t cause AIDS because if it doesn’t, their expertise is useless.
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Men should come with instruction booklets.
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I work with a lot of scientists, and one of the frustrating things they find is that all this fascinating stuff is being done which doesn't find its way into science fiction. They say look at the science fact pages - they're so much more imaginative than science fiction.
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Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.
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A secret talent or hobby... Hmm... I weirdly collect shot glasses.
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I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.
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Interviewer Barb H: Your sound is quite refreshing, did it come naturally?AP: As natural as the day you were born, my love.
