British - Musician | December 1, 1954 -
I didn't pursue happiness at all. I've never pursued it. I wasn't brought up to pursue it.
Viv Albertine
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Both my parents lived through a world war. My grandparents lived through two world wars. And they didn't go around saying, 'Look for happiness.'
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You've got one life: find your voice within it.
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It's all very well for the Kinks and Damon Albarn to sing those songs and sneer at Mr. Nine to Five, but again, they're white men, so they didn't have it very hard.
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I could be completely mad and sound like David Icke, but I just find people with blue eyes colder, less passionate, and more calculated people.
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When I was pregnant, I prayed that my daughter would have brown, green, or grey eyes.
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My mother was so ignorant of what could have befallen me and was probably so exhausted - she was one of the first generation of single parents as well - that it was all a bit overwhelming. So the naivety of parents meant we did have a certain amount of freedom.
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I absolutely wasn't going to write a book if it was just going to be about punk.
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If you've written something that moves you and frightens you, you just can't take it back.
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I can always go back to Jane Austen. 'Mansfield Park' is full of wise aphorisms and relevant observations of people.
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I didn't have many role models or interesting women to get stirred up by until Yoko Ono came along.
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I like to smell a book before I start it. I fold over the pages, write comments in the margins, leave it on the bed next to my pillow when I fall asleep.
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