Patti Smith Quotes

I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and rock-and-roll. Because he did something new.

Patti Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkLovePoetryLovedNewWay

As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.

Jimmy Smits

CharacterActorHardApproachAny

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

Robert South

MindThingsBeginsParadoxical

Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.

Robert Herjavec

CarMeDriveLikeOlderTend

Execution is everything.

Jeff Bridges

ExecutionEverything

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

Simone Weil

LifeHistoryImaginationInfluence

In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.

Tony Campolo

SupportAmericaStatus QuoStatus

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Robert Frost

WritingFreeDownTennisPlaying

We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments.

Joshua Leonard

MomentsDownMoreEverythingUp

I don't think it's ungracious to seek cosmetic help - it has crossed my mind from time to time, and I have been tempted. But it's too short-term. Once you start down that road, you have to keep going.

Diana Quick

TimeKeep GoingMindStartRoadYou

I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.

Draymond Green

LoveMoneyBlessedGameDoingPlay

I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to.

Conrad Black

YesterdayUsedGetMillionMade

I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.

Chuck Noll

FootballLookSeeSomethingTried

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