Patti Smith Quotes

I get up, and if I feel out of sorts, I'll do some exercises, I'll feed my cat, then I go get my coffee, take a notebook, and write for a couple of hours.

Patti Smith

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CoffeeFeelGoWriteOutCat

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

Jessica Savitch

PoliceCrimeBeatJustHowUntil

When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.

Andre Previn

MusicColdCriticismTeachMatter

I travel all the time, but when I come back to the South, I see such progress. In a real sense, a great deal of the South has been redeemed. People feel freer, more complete, more whole, because of what happened in the movement.

John Lewis

GreatTimeProgressTravelPeople

The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.

Matt Cohler

FamilyLightPetBrainSomeoneSame

As a journalist, I interviewed people, and you begin to feel different rhythms in speech, and you can use those things to help carve out a character.

John Sandford

CharacterPeopleHelpSpeechYou

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.

Solomon Burke

SurviveNeedFortuneMakeTo Survive

I'm obsessed with wool.

Sigrid

WoolObsessed

My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown.

Simon Callow

MotherTeacherVisionCollegeMe

I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.

Tommy Lee Jones

HumorThinkSense Of HumorKindLike

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

Loleatta Holloway

GoodMyselfThoughtNeverSinger

If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition, it's more a vibe of sharing.

Johnny Flynn

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Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

Douglas Hurd

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