Shirley Manson Quotes

I want to hear from the creature who isn't blessed with unbelievable good looks and incredible genes. I want to hear from the geek girl, the forgotten girl, the invisible girl and the miserable girl.

Shirley Manson

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GoodGirlBlessedLooksWantGenes

A writer's main tool is his memory - his own memory, the collective memory of his people. And the strongest memory is the one that is created by a wound to the heart.

Anatoly Rybakov

HeartMemoryPeopleOwnToolWriter

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

John Lydon

YouHereAmusementMineYour

Alan Carr - I love him.

Stefflon Don

LoveHimI LoveAlan

I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely.

Tom Stoppard

LongEnvyPersonFallingHappen

We won't do something different for different's sake. Designers cave in to marketing, to the corporate agenda, which is sort of, 'Oh, it looks like the last one; can't we make it look different?' Well no, there's no reason to.

Jonathan Ive

LookMarketingLooksCaveReason

I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do something with some musicians, and they viewed me, basically, as their chick singer.

Dianne Reeves

WalkPeopleMeMusiciansRemember

You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.

Colin Quinn

FunnyGoodWritingImpossibleThink

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

ArtistsMakeOurEnjoyableOur Lives

There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve.

Shawn Mendes

TheatreYearAchieveMoreNextOut

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

Seth Rogen

WorkPeopleMeWritingMoreRealize

It was supposed to be a year or two just to refresh my batteries, but I moved to Silicon Valley in the early 90's, and one thing let to another, got very involved in high tech, and formed a company and it ended up doing pretty well.

Thomas Dolby

DoingYearEarlyCompanyHighUp

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Take that off the table. Tell both sides to come together and say, 'Okay, you decide how you want to split up Jerusalem. You decide if you're going to create boundaries or borders there.' And let them decide.

Nikki Haley

TogetherYouTableCreateSayWant

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