Melissa Etheridge Quotes
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.
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Let's just focus on unity and love.
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Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.
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You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'
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Americans mostly now believe the climate is changing. They believe that humans are causing it, and they believe that it is a risk. But in surveys, Americans are not willing to pay higher energy prices to tackle the problem.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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It's important to let kids be themselves and to let them make mistakes. Self-discovery goes a long way.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.
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Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.
