Alanis Morissette Quotes, Self Quotes, Mind Quotes

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it.

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But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

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I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.

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I think some people think I'm a smarty-pants. Some people think I'm intense, some people think I'm super-esoteric and nuts.

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Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!

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We eat when we're full, and we hoard all the rest. With our hands on remotes, we say, yes, we're the best.

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But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of my system, to not get sick, and then to share them publicly.

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I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

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My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later.

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I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

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In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

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What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

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I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

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When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

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I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.

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When I was 11 years old and I was on a road trip with my family. I turned to my dad and said, "Do you believe in Adam and Eve?" And he said he didn't think so. I remember that felt like a slap in the face, because if my parents questioned Adam and Eve, then they potentially questioned everything within Catholicism. Eventually that idea led to my feeling liberated, but at that time it was very scary.

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I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.

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Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think that everything's gone wrong.

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To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways that I do, I actually don't enjoy being in the public eye.

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I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

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