Chrissie Hynde Quotes
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Don't ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It's too short, and you're too special.
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“Let is Roll” is like - well, it was like me thinking of a human being in its purest form. That form being a baby where there's nothing there - well, unless I guess you believe that something comes along attached. It depends on what you believe.
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You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.
