Amanda Palmer Quotes

There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.

Amanda Palmer

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You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.

Jimmy Iovine

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And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

Jennifer Lopez

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When I was a little girl, rocking my little dolls, I remember thinking I would be the world's best mom, and so far I've done it.

Jenny McCarthy

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The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.

Andrew Nikiforuk

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Photography has been a passion of mine since I was 15. After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art endeavors and from there it just blossomed.

Angela Cartwright

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White people don't seem to have many Elders. They do have a lot of oldsters.

John Trudell

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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Stephen Hawking

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I'm super excited to have people hear little stories about my life, the lives of my friends, people I know.

Ruth B

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I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that.

Lou Barlow

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Media cycles end, but the Internet never forgets. This is a valuable lesson, especially for college students.

Milo Yiannopoulos

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Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

Jose Carreras

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Europe was a horrible place. There was nothing on TV. The food was terrible. And they don't even have ice. Who doesn't have ice?

Johnny Ramone

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