Alanis Morissette Quotes

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

Alanis Morissette

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GreatEmpathyPeopleMeEyeThink

The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.

John Calvin

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Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.

Jessica Lange

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The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.

John Keegan

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All of my novels are democracies.

Amos Oz

Novels

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.

Stephen Fry

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First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives.

Robert Crais

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It's always fun to play dress up.

Michelle Dockery

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Every bowling center should have a house pro.

Don Johnson

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You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day.

Antony Sher

DaySayingYouKnightEmpireExpect

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

Alfred Sisley

LoveArtPictureArtistEverySpot

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

YouGoSometimesLet GoFilm

I think you have a social responsibility as the villain, which is pretty different from the hero's responsibility. If you have any kind of a social or political conscience at all, the first thing you want to do is make malevolence recognizable to people, almost as a kind of teaching aid.

Peter Coyote

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