Alice Mattison Quotes
I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.
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I've done nothing but show up and fight, go to work inside the Octagon, outside the Octagon, and do things right. But people want to talk about me and discredit me.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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The only way to defeat evil is by taking advantage of our freedoms.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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Everyone has a breakup in their lives, and I think everyone should experience love.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters.
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Resignation is a daily suicide.
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A good story needs conflict, and virtual reality is a great hypothetical way to create conflict. ... In some ways, the future is going to be more boring than we think.
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I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.
