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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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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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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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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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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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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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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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.
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Because Selma shows us that America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word 'We.' 'We The People.' 'We Shall Overcome.' 'Yes We Can.' That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.
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There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.'
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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.
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When all is said and done and the e-book is written about politics and the Internet, it is not going to be about the presidential election. It will be about the smaller elections in aggregate that have a huge effect on people's lives.
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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.
