Melissa Etheridge Quotes
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.
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Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I feel sorry for people who only know comic books through movies. I really do.
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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
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There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
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You can practice this by taking any routine activity that normally is only a means to an end and giving it your fullest attention, so that it becomes an end in itself.
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Music starts playing like the end of a sad movie.It's the kind of ending you don't really wanna see.'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down.Now I don't know what to be without you around.
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Thought may well be ever ranging,And opinion ever changing,Task-work be, though ill begun,Dealt with by experience better;By the law and by the letterDuty done is duty doneDo it, Time is on the wing!
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I think celebrity has become almost normalized. I feel like we all live our lives in a pale imitation of celebrity. With Facebook, we choose a photo that is not too good a photo - we're more arch than that. We're our own celebrity publicists. We understand it so innately.
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We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
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In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
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I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as citizens.
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Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
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I ran for public office to do something good.
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I think the economic empowerment of women that has been growing over the past decade is at the 'inflection point' with this global recession. Women are, we believe, the solution for their families in their ability to go out and increase household income.
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The past is past, and the future is yet to come. That means the future is in your hands - the future entirely depends on the present. That realization gives you a great responsibility.
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Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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I took the first few years off and spent them recovering. I didn't even know what day it was or who I was anymore, so I made a conscious effort to end it all. I thought my days were numbered as a pop star anyway. My girlfriend and I had a daughter, I had some money, so I just took the time off to chill out.
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I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me.
