Alice Merton Quotes
The actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.
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I learned from my mom to always keep pushing yourself.
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Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.
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If Marilyn Manson would write a song that says, 'Do your damn homework,' it would make the world a better place, and it wouldn't hurt him at all. And if he doesn't like it, to hell with him. He can come fight us - by the bicycle racks.
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You don't need to go to the gym; all you need is a pair of shoes.
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When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was.
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I make no bones about it, I'm a product of my upbringing and of the time I was brought up, so I'm not going to pretend not to be.
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Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question I ask our staff is 'What is money-market-fund exposure?'
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I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.
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I object very much when my work is said to not be political, because my feelings about the social system are in there somewhere. The idea is to have it all in there together-you can’t pull it out.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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The actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time.
