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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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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Laura Phillips Anderson
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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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Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
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The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a godlike thing. You are the ultimate authority. There is no other ultimate authority.
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I'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.
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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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I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.
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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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