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You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them
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'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.
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Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.
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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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Freedon is a scary thing. Most people don't want it.
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I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special.
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My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-draw ing to other people.
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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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