Shirley Ann Manson Quotes
I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.
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Strong women, that's who I really respect.
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Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo' jockin' da bitches slappin da hoes
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No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.
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Here's a sigh to those who love me,And a smile to those who hate:And, whatever sky's above me,Here's a heart for every fate.
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It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
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The people who control culture in China have no culture.
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It was so flat, you know, you could see the curves of the earth. And when a train came into vision at nine o'clock in the morning, it was still leaving at noon.. ..it took that long to get across the prairie.
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You should respect the people you are around.
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Alone we are savages, together we are civilization
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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The Renaissance had resulted in the emancipation of the individual, in making him feel that the universe had no other purpose than his happiness. This brought an entirely new answer to the question, 'Why should I do this or that?' It used to be, 'Because self-instituted authority command you.' The answer now was, 'Because it is good for men.' In this lies our greatest debt to the Renaissance, that it instituted the welfare of men as the end of all action.
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I hope there is an edge to what I do.
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I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.
