Alice Barrett Quotes
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I think the global markets will probably be selling off with a [Donald] Trump presidency because he has promised to re-do trade deals.
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There's no training for the business, no credentials necessary to enter... It's all about entrepreneurs, innate street intelligence, and instincts. It's a business which encourages people with dreams. That's the essence of Hollywood.
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If I hadn't been a determined person I wouldn't have succeeded in life.
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You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'
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No one conquers who doesn't fight.
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So I'm very grateful for everything that has happened in my life.
