Alanis Morissette Quotes, Art Quotes, Thinking Quotes

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to say the least. We can show people being murdered on television, but I'm not able to say "chickenshit" in public. At the same time, I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

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I hope that there is a very confused 14 year old girl out there who hears me speak or hears me sing and derives some sort of strength from that I heard that when I was 14 that's exactly what happened.

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Partnership is the way. Dictatorial win-lose is so old-school.

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I can be in the worst PMS, Mercury in retrograde, most awful circumstance - and then if my girlfriends and I are giggling about it, everything's okay.

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I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.

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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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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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You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends.

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I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not!

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the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

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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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I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

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I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

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I think the Bible is hugely patriarchal. There are so many sexist comments and homophobic comments and comments that are not in keeping with nurturing and loving the human spirit.

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I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.

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Every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back, I hope you feel it.

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The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.

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I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

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Stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and open and reach out and speak up, this is utopia.

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I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans.

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