Alice Mattison Quotes
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
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I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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Something that I think I figured out slowly was if you're playing a show and there's a chatter or there is, you know, a lot of noise - people talking or something - I was never the one whose instinct was to try to be louder than them.
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Early versions of Microsoft Word left a lot to be desired. However, to the company's credit, it quickly learned where Word fell short, made the necessary changes, and repeatedly introduced new versions of the software.
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I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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I don't believe you should stay onstage until people are begging you to get off. I like the idea of leaving them wanting a bit more.
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Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.
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He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow
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Dog is God spelled backward.
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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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I love it when people can help me with my work, so I do show it.
