Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.
Quotes to Explore
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects.
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Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.
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I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.
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Don't squander beautiful moments by always trying to snap the perfect picture or record the event on film. Sometimes it's better to watch things as they happen with your own eyes, knowing that the memory of the experience will always be with you.
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Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.
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There is something very strange and unsettling for me about making a work that doesn't fit with what's the norm or what's acceptable. There's something both liberating about it and challenging. I can imagine it doing more harm than good.
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Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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A monster, which the Blatant beast men call, A dreadfull feend of gods and men ydrad.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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One gloomy and pessimistic writer with a powerful style affects a whole generation of writers, who in turn affect almost every educated person in the country.
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When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre.
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The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
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One of the most beautiful sights is when the rim of the Earth is bright on one side, and you see this defined line of the atmosphere. You see how close and thin it is. We've got to be careful. We've got to take care of this planet.
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Art work is inconclusive. It opens your mind up. At least, that's what I hope it does. And advertising, using exactly the same photograph, closes things down. It makes it conclusive. It sells a product, and that is its primary function.
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Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.
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We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve.
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I have tried the fancy, superficial life in my past, but I quickly learned that diamonds are not my best friend.
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Wellesley's president, Nannerl Overholser Keohane, approved a broad rule with a specific application: The senior thesis of every Wellesley alumna is available in the college archives for anyone to read - except for those written by either a 'president or first lady of the United States.'
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I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.
