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Laurie Anderson Quotes

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Laurie Anderson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: June 5, 1947

Topics

World Place Strange Wonderful

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.

Government Process America Investment

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.

Life Motivation Rock Star Kind Rock

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

Beginning Me Sick Regret Enough

I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.

People Start You Passionate Tell Up

The public school education system has done so much for me that it would be wrong not give anything back.

Education School Me Back Wrong Done

True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.

Alphonsus Liguori

Love God Goodness Infinite True He

Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.

Love Soul Love Is You Never Missing

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.

Marriage Parents Year See Up Four

Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen.

Job Down Listen Sit Our Songwriters

Maybe I didn't get new skates, but I got used skates. I made it to the national championships in used skates that were custom-made for another girl. I still have those skates. Underneath the arch, there was a name crossed out and my dad had 'Michelle Kwan' written in. Granted, they were a little big, but it worked.

Girl Name New Out Little Big

One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.

Father Me Cool Feel You Your

It's highly dishonorable to ever quit a production. I never have done it, and I can't imagine ever doing it. However, I have been in productions before where, on the first in the read-through, you feel that someone is in trouble, and indeed, actors have been let go shortly after read-throughs. I've seen that happen before.

Feel Someone Doing You Trouble Done

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