Alanis Morissette Quotes

We live, in North America in general, if I'm given the indulgence of selling us down the river, in a culture of fear of this connective sense of spirit.

Alanis Morissette

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FearLiveCultureRiverAmericaUs

E! always wanted me to keep it to entertainment news or entertainment and no sports or anything like that, and don't get too weird.

Joel McHale

SportsMeWeirdNewsEntertainment

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Robert Half

FailureLazinessPersonSecretOnly

I don't get any dates; that's the thing.

Sophie Turner

GetDatesAnyThing

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all.

Ludwig Quidde

WarLogicSecurityWillMilitary

The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as scheme and treason as language.

Juan Goytisolo

PurposeUnityLanguageAchieveCount

My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.

Loni Anderson

WomanMemoryMomFashionWineHand

If you think you've already made it, that's when you can fall short and go backwards. I'm constantly pushing forward and chasing the element of perfection.

Jason Derulo

PerfectionForwardThinkShortYou

We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

RootsWithoutCannotFruitsGospel

I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other in times of trauma than we tend to portray in our stories.

Claire Cameron

PeopleTraumaStreetsManhattanThan

I would be remiss not to take advantage of this platform that I have, because I don't want any other woman or girl feeling like the way that I felt: that I didn't belong, that I would never succeed in the medium that I'm choosing to pursue because my hair isn't straight or my skin isn't light or my eyes aren't bright.

Ashleigh Murray

GirlEyesLightWomanHairSucceed

Many times, I'd spend the night walking the city streets: the Trevi fountain, in the dark, is so beautiful it moves you, but the Colosseum is my favourite place - you can breathe history there.

Alisson

BeautifulHistoryCityNightWalking

I saw what was wonderful about human companionship. Before that, I was quite content to be alone, to be a solitary wandering person, and I thought I always would be. Love changed that.

Sheila Heti

LoveAloneThoughtPersonHumanSaw

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