Amanda Palmer Quotes
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.
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I just sing over hip-hop beats, you know. That's what I've been doing. That's what I started in '09 in my dorm room.
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I'm eager to find the perfect film to shoot during my hiatus from 'Suits'.
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Why should I smile when I'm sitting here with you?
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Life is a big craps game. I've got to tell you, it's all been fun.
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I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.
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I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand.
