Alanis Morissette Quotes

I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But it just seems extremely unfulfilling to me.

Alanis Morissette

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SuccessGoodPeopleMeResultBeen

I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.

Jocelyn Moorhouse

LoveMoneySurviveYouKnowFilm

My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.

Joe Frazier

TreeDayMeMomBagRocks

In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.

John David Washington

FailureTrustFootballRejection

The whole idea of spellbinding, of being an entertainer, being the center of the stage, making up words - that let me know that writing is nice.

John Edgar Wideman

WordsMeWritingKnowNiceStage

When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business.

Tom Rath

GoodBusinessHealthBossColleagues

Genre is a useful thing when organizing texts in a bookshop but immaterial to the particular exchange between writer and reader.

Rumaan Alam

OrganizingUsefulWriterBetween

I don't want technology to replace teachers, but where there are no teachers, or the teachers are overwhelmed, it can be helpful.

Maryanne Wolf

TechnologyWantTeachersOverwhelmed

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

Joseph Epstein

ConfidenceYouWrongWayRight

We have that storytelling history in country and bluegrass and old time and folk music, blues - all those things that combine to make up the genre. It was probably storytelling before it was songwriting, as far as country music is concerned. It's fun to be a part of that and tip the hat to that. You know, and keep that tradition alive.

Chris Stapleton

MusicHistoryTimeFunHatYou

Dubai makes perfect sense for Hyperloop One because this is the 21st century's global transport hub, and its leaders understand that Hyperloop One is ushering in the next era of transportation.

Shervin Pishevar

DubaiTransportationPerfectNext

Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.

Nikos Kazantzakis

LifeDeathFightLookAliveTrouble

If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary to segregate African American soldiers from other American soldiers, and say, 'It's just a cultural thing'? I don't think so. I would hope not.

Martha McSally

HopeThinkAmericanSecuritySay

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