Alison Moyet Quotes
Psychologically, I'll always be a fat girl because that's what my character is built on. I always got a buzz out of people telling me I was ugly. I went out of my way to un-beautify myself. I didn't want anyone's approval.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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When I was about 7, I fancied Anna Chlumsky; the girl from 'My Girl.'
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When something horrible is done to you, the natural impulse is to strike back.
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I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
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I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it.
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The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.
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Psychologically, I'll always be a fat girl because that's what my character is built on. I always got a buzz out of people telling me I was ugly. I went out of my way to un-beautify myself. I didn't want anyone's approval.
