Laurie Anderson Quotes

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

Laurie Anderson

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But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.

Jim Hodges

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I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.

Anderson East

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Creative writing lessons can be very useful, just like music lessons can be useful. To say, as Hanif Kureishi did, that 99.9% of students are talentless is cruel and wrong. I believe that certain writers like to believe they arrived into the world with special, unteachable powers because it is good for the ego.

Matt Haig

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There are pretty girls all over the place. But there are still a lot of people standing strong, doing their thing in loving relationships, actually staying true. I wanted to write an honest love song from that point of view.

Andy Grammer

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When I was younger, my sister thought it was funny to pretend to punch me in the face because my mom was concerned about my teeth falling out. They were loose for a long time, and she knocked out my teeth.

Amy Adams

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I used to be on the kitchen floor, crying, wasted and thinking of lyrics. That was the only way I could create - as a tortured artist. I've learned that you can be stable and taking care of yourself and still create beautiful work.

Mary Lambert

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You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone.

Jon Gruden

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Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

Deeyah Khan

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I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Brian Mulroney

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The idea of doing something that I've never done before, that presents a new challenge, that forces me to stretch in some way - that's kind of a perfect project for me, and especially something that has greater social, conversational ramifications. I mean what more could you want?

Allison Williams

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I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive.

Peter Ackroyd

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To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.

Serge Lang

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