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It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.
Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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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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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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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 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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Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.
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If I'm confused, I just spend some time looking at the sky and falling into it. It's not a meditation that anyone taught me, it's something I've done my whole life, and liked doing, and it made me feel like nothing.
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You know, for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 63 cents. Now, fifty years ago that was 62 cents. So, with that kind of luck, it’ll be the year 3,888 before we make a buck.
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I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.
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History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
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What happens when you're in a crash is you join a crash club, and you talk endlessly about your crash because you don't want to bore your friends with it. And they've heard about the crash so many times.
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There are plenty of ways you can play the game of fighting and really seem to be fighting without going for the jugular.
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I am a New Yorker, one I'm an artist, two I'm a woman, three.
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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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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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My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.
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So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic about.
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