Natalie Merchant Quotes
I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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With a first season, you never really know how viewers or the network are going to react to a show.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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This is part of what's driving me, is this feeling like there's so much yet to be discovered in the oceans, and we're destroying it before we even know what's in it.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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Buy clothes the size you want to wear.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.
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If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.
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I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
