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It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.
Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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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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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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Last night, I had that dream again. I dreamt I had to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet.
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A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.
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Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.
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The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.
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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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Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.
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Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
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If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon as we know it.
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