Alison Moyet Quotes
My soul desires a pre-industrial world, and since I can't have that, I don't really care for anything material.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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Old people are often impatient, but for what?
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
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It is important for children to grow up in a world where there are all kinds of adults and role models around them, for them to know it's not just parents and people who are parents that care about them, but that there are people who are living other kinds of lives.
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I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
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My soul desires a pre-industrial world, and since I can't have that, I don't really care for anything material.
