Lydia Lunch Quotes
Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
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You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
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I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.
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I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?
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Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.
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My job is all about defending the people that I play.
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O great wide beautiful wonderful World With the wonderful waters around you curled And the beautiful grass upon your breast O World you are beautifully dressed.
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The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.
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I like to run on the beach. It's a different exercise as well when you're in sand, a different kind of training.
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Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.
