Marianne Faithfull Quotes
I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I've been trying to give as much attention and focus to my life as well as my career. It's hard because the career is money, but putting that before day-to-day needs isn't something that can last indefinitely. I'm excited to begin the next chapter of my life with an amazing woman.
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A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on the West. The same way that they veil women, Islamic radicals want to veil cartoons in the press.
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In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.
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I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of plays he used when he directed, so all of his handwritten notes are in the corners of the page.
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Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions.
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I do yoga. I do tai chi. I do a lot to keep my body and my spirit together so I can work.
