Natalie Merchant Quotes
I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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I don't think even one per cent of the people in this world explore more than 10 per cent of all that this world has to offer. That's a shame!
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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I want to try everything.
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Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
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Be as much troubled by unjust praises, as by unjust slanders.
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I was raised in a very blue-collar family.
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To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.
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The government of the enlightened king? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be his own doing. His transforming influence touches the ten thousand things but the people do not depend on him. With him there is no promotion or praise - he lets everything find its own enjoyment. He takes his stand on what cannot be fathomed and wanders where there is nothing at all.
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All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
