Lydia Lunch Quotes
I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.
Quotes to Explore
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The social network is the paradigm of the modern service application.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.
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Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
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You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.
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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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When someone forgets himself, this by no means makes him altruistic; when a thinking person forgets himself, he immediately also forgets his fellowman, he loses himself and his humanity by becoming engrossed in his subject. Thus he is in a sense more contemplative than a feeling person.
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The more we struggle for life (as pleasure), the more we are actually killing what we love.
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Short of hiring a new staff, consider giving subpar workers a chance to improve. Tell them why they're not measuring up and give them a set amount of time to make specific improvements.
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I think a lot of my fans are anxious for more than just my singles. They know I'm a dreamer. They know I'm someone who is real spiritual. I love to have fun, and I always have fun songs - songs you can party to. But I also always have songs you can live to, that when you're depressed, it may lift your spirits up.
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I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.
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There is something sadder to lose than life – the reason for living; Sadder than to lose one's possessions is to lose one's hope.
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Sometimes, in order for things to get better, they have to end - even if it's momentarily.
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No actor forgets the times he couldn't get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don't want that momentum to stop when you get it.
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I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.
