Patti Smith Quotes

I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.

Patti Smith

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MeOldYearsLittleSenseMade

The country is more of a wilderness, more of a wild solitude, in the winter than in the summer. The wild comes out. The urban, the cultivated, is hidden or negatived.

John Burroughs

WinterSolitudeWildernessCountry

For both Protestants and Catholics, and whether or not absolute continence is demanded of the clergy, celibacy remains a blessed spiritual state.

Meir Soloveichik

SpiritualBlessedStateCelibacy

As a kid, I knew all of the dinosaurs. It's one of those tragedies that I've forgotten what dinosaurs are cool.

Matt Smith

CoolKidDinosaursForgottenKnew

I love being called a fashion icon!

Sonam Kapoor

LoveFashionBeingIconI Love

I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same.

Shirley Bassey

ChildrenSameUpBrought

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

Rod Stewart

SucceedYouDesireBurning Desire

I am absolutely against any violence.

Milos Forman

I AmViolenceAgainstAbsolutelyAm

If you're a leader, can communicate, and have a great work ethic, those are the things you're looking for.

Jon Gruden

WorkLeaderGreatLookingWork Ethic

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.

Christopher Hitchens

SayingMarsUniteUsedAgainstHis

Rihanna's voice is just delicious for your ear. Sinatra had the same thing; anything he sang sounded pleasing to most people.

Chris Martin

PeopleVoiceSameAnythingDelicious

With fiction, you can take something that bothers you, or that you don't have in clear focus, and you can put it under as much stress as you want. Really get underneath the skin. With nonfiction, you're restricted to what happened.

Phil Klay

FocusStressYouSkinWantFiction

I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!' I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late.

Richie Havens

MeDoingLateGoSaidFirst

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