Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.
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The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
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I always give homeless people money, and my friends yell at me, 'He's only going to buy more alcohol and cigarettes.' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, like I wasn't?'
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Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in their attempts to score political points, they are also inciting violence.
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Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.
