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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

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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
Artist
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Chicago
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are.
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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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The fewer expectations you have, the better.
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People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for.
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Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.
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When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!
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I'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.
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