Patti Smith Quotes

I was studying Francis of Assisi for quite some time, when Benedict was still the pope. And I was studying it for a song that I did for my last album, 'Banga.'

Patti Smith

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TimeSongStudyingLastStillPope

Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom.

Joe Lonsdale

WorkHard WorkFreedomSufferingUs

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

John Lydon

MyselfMeTelevisionWillDefend

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

John Sentamu

ChildTreatChurchCrimeMatters

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

Amy Lee

PoliceQueenMomKitchenThinkCry

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she is.

Sue Grafton

MindBetterMoviesSheLeaveWhere

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

Tom Rath

LeaderTrustTeamThinkImportant

I'm a fantastic dancer!

Roger Milla

FantasticDancer

It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.

Martin O'Malley

WorkWomenGreatMenMoreNation

I soon realized that the best thing I could do for the profession of human services was to get out of it.

Mitch Kapor

BestHumanOutGetSoonProfession

My parents were like, 'Oh my God,' when I said I was going into fashion - they pictured me with a rolling rack on Seventh Avenue.

Mindy Grossman

GodParentsMeFashionSaidGoing

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

Joyce Meyer

TimeDevilProblemPartyRealUsed

I honestly believe that we are Arizonans and Americans first, not merely advocates for our respective political parties.

Doug Ducey

BelievePoliticalFirstOurParties

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