Mariah Carey Quotes
If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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My life is not perfect.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
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In Toledo, people grow out. Out to the suburbs. Out to the parts of America where the economy is more vigorous. And all too often, out to 48-inch waistbands.
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I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.
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All lasting wealth comes from enriching others in some way.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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I started my work on a lot of the 'Batman' books. So I've worked on a 'Batman,' 'Spider-Man,' some of the 'X-Men' books.
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What I have to work with is the life that's ahead of me right this minute.
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I fully expect to be doing yoga for the rest of my life.
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If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.
