People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

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About Patti Smith

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Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, and author. Her 1975 debut album, Horses, established her as an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement, earning the nicknames "Queen of Punk" and "Godmother of Punk". Smith has fused rock and poetry...

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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

Artists who whine because they need a grant and the government doesn't help them—well, tough shit. I had the same problem. I worked in a bookstore for seven years to make money to buy art supplies. And that was fine. I don't think artists should ever expect anything from anybody. For the artist, sacrifice and hardship are a part of the process.

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The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time… love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

—Lawrence Durrell

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To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.

—Albert Einstein

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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.

—Robert Benchley

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I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

—Solomon Short

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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

—Dale Carnegie

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