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The older I get, the more the lying, the losing touch with your true thoughts and feelings, and the compromises required to fit in seem not worth the effort. It's my one go on Earth; why spend any more of it conforming to other people's rules and ideals?
— Viv Albertine
Tags: go, effort, people, thoughts

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Both my parents lived through a world war. My grandparents lived through two world wars. And they didn't go around saying, 'Look for happiness.'
— Viv Albertine
Tags: parents, world, war, happiness
With the second book, I didn't have an ideal reader in mind, as it developed quite out of my control, this detective novel of why am I so full of anger, why did I pick up a guitar when I was poor and uneducated.
— Viv Albertine
Tags: book, mind, anger, guitar
If my 18-year-old daughter asked me whether she should lead a truth-hunting, artistic, uncompromising life as I have done, I'd say no, don't do it. It's a difficult and lonely path for a woman.
— Viv Albertine
Tags: path, daughter, me, life
I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic.
— Viv Albertine
Tags: true, ethics, honesty, integrity
I didn't have many role models or interesting women to get stirred up by until Yoko Ono came along.
— Viv Albertine
Tags: up, get, interesting, women
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