Marianne Faithfull Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
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I've learnt more physics from Kabbalah than I ever did in school.
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Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.
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I am in love with all the characters I have played. And it is impossible to choose the best.
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When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm.
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Everything is complicated about using concrete - the discipline and dedication necessary to make consistent batches, understanding exactly how the formwork will be laid, what the timing is for the pours, how you keep it clean and neat to achieve a fine quality.
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You're only as good as your last haircut.
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I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too.
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France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.
