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Im not saying I wasnt flawed or amateurish. But you can never say

Im not saying I wasnt flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business. – Patti Smith

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My mom loved rock n roll. My father hated it. We couldnt play it when he was around. – Patti Smith

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mom
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What I wanted to do in rock n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed so much to that were Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. – Patti Smith

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Poetry
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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock n roll was asleep. – Patti Smith

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It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. – Adam Smith

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Im not into business at all. – Freddie Mercury

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Business

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others. – David Brainerd

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Business

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didnt have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didnt want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business. – Christopher Walken

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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. – Guy Kawasaki

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It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. – Jerome K. Jerome

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My father was an inspiration to me I made a few movies with him and I loved working with him. Everything about him – his whole approach to work, as well as his love, enthusiasm and respect for it and other people in the business – was inspiring. I was very lucky to have him as a role model. – Hayley Mills

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I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV. – Mike Myers

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