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Patti Smith Musician
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"I find it painful when I'm without anything. But I work in multiple fields. If I can't write, I find myself taking photographs. I can go on the road and perform. But the most important thing for me is writing, and when I hit those walls, it's painful."

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Patti Smith Musician
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"It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though."

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Patti Smith Musician
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"The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him."

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Paul Ryan Politician
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"The other thing that's really important in tax reform is making sure that we don't tax American businesses at much higher tax rates than our foreign competitors tax theirs. It is costing us jobs. It's one of the reasons all these American companies are moving overseas."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"I'm not doing anything, and yet I'm also doing the most important thing a man can do: I'm listening to what I needed to hear from myself."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"They went to university because someone, at a time when universities seemed important, said that in order to rise in the world, you had to have a degree. And thus the world was deprived of some excellent gardeners, bakers, antique dealers, sculptors, and writers."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer."

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