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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You have to be yourself.
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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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'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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YouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the founders continued to try new concepts when their big ideas failed. They often worked around the clock to try to overcome their failure before all their capital was spent. Speed to fail gives a startup more runway to pivot and ultimately succeed.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.
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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.
