Cyndi Lauper Quotes
There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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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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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I want to make my music and be a happy woman, a good wife, a good mom and one day hopefully have a child of my own.
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We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place where the beauty of nature and the noblest pursuits of man are in a sweet harmony.
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Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
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There are plenty of younger people who are a lot more mature than older men and women, and who are such go-getters that they're more successful than people twice their age, they're more ready to date an older partner than you guessed.
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It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.
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There's ageism in everything. I don't give a hoot. It isn't what other people think; it's what you think. But it's hard to come to terms with getting older. I admire people like Vivienne Westwood.
