Alanis Morissette Quotes, People Quotes, Scary Quotes

When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.

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I notice that when I feel the most disconnected, once I'm done blaming the moon and everything else, I can see that I am so mired in identification with form and ego and story and identity, and that if I want to, I can read some scripture or read some spiritual book or pray or meditate or sit in the sun or hang around the birds and the dogs, and get a real objective sense of what's really going on here. That usually softens things.

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I've been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I've just really been back to what I consider my original athletic self.

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Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

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I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

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I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

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I firmly believe that the only reason why I'm on this planet, the only reason why I live, breathe, and exist is, that it's my duty to be as honest as possible in my art.

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Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.

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That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy.

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There is consequence of our forgetting who we are. Forgetting that we're able to create our environment, from our health to economy to war. Something can be done about everything we perceive as bad, if we so choose. If we are aware of the concept of compassion.

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My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha!

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For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

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I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

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I have been running so sweaty my whole life Urgent for a finish line And I have been missing the rapture this whole time Of being forever incomplete

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I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

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In one breath, I can say that we are God, but in another I have to say that we aren't deities.

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Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.

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It's exciting for people to define who they are in relation to what I write - whether it be by loving or hating it.

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Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want to grapple with on this one? I have no idea until the record's finished.

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