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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Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you.
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Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.
