Anita Pallenberg Quotes
I don't like the fashion world. It's too nasty, too rip-off, too hard. And now it's all Gucci and Prada; it's very difficult to make your own business.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Life is a school of probability.
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I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
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I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walking meditations every day, but just to sit still. Just to be in one place and just to be quiet.
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'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff – something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.
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Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?
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I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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My dad was always playing music. Not, like, playing music but listening to music.
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In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make it great.
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I don't like the fashion world. It's too nasty, too rip-off, too hard. And now it's all Gucci and Prada; it's very difficult to make your own business.
