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I know a lot of people who have weird specialties that are not taught in schools they're things that you learn in life.
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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Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.
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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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I think women are excellent social critics.
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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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I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.
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I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.
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I'm a real workaholic.
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I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.
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The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.
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Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.
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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 one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.
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I genuinely have never been in an audience where most people want that person to fail. I've never been in an audience like that, and I've never seen it as a performer. Only in my dreams, in which case they are always throwing tomatoes and going, This is the most boring thing I've ever seen.
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I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.
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Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
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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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Freedon is a scary thing. Most people don't want it.
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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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We want to dedicate our music tonight to the great opportunity that we all have to begin to truly understand the events of the past few days and to act upon them with courage and with compassion as we make our plans to live in a completely new world.
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