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I think women are excellent social critics.

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 trust audiences as having excellent taste, for the most part.
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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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I'm a real workaholic.
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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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The fewer expectations you have, the better.
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Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.
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