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And there was a beutiful view But nobody could see Cause everybody on the island Was saying Look at me! Look at me.

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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Chicago
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual.
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I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.
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Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.
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If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?
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Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.
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I think illusion is one of the most interesting things that I've found to think about. Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living?
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When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.
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Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.
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I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.
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If I'm confused, I just spend some time looking at the sky and falling into it. It's not a meditation that anyone taught me, it's something I've done my whole life, and liked doing, and it made me feel like nothing.
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The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.
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People who were born alone are defined by feelings like Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book... and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.
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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
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I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.
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I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget.
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I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.
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When you follow your thoughts and watch them attach to certain things, it makes certain things real and other things unreal, and you realize that this is all created by your mind.
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You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.
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I know a lot of people who have weird specialties that are not taught in schools they're things that you learn in life.
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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.
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