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In time we often become one with those we once failed to understand. (Patti Smith)
He took twelve pictures that day. Within a few days he showed me the contact sheet. "This one has the magic," he said. When I look at it now, I never see me. I see us. View quote
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Time to travel, to acquiesce to fate. View quote
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But secretly I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revalation that human beings create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not. View quote
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Nothing can be truly replicated. Not a love, not a jewel, not a single line. View quote
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I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me. View quote
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I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship. View quote
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My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games. View quote
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My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled. View quote
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My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer. View quote
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I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible. (Patti Smith)
I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town. View quote
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For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day. View quote
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I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll. View quote
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I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world. View quote
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Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. View quote
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I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur. View quote
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If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave! View quote
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All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful. View quote
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People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. View quote
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We tried not to age, but time had its rage. (Patti Smith)
I never thought I was gonna live to 30. View quote
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Mohammed personally mapped out seven heavens. If he got to seven, you know there's more. View quote
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I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. View quote
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What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong. View quote
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