A wedding, people decide to get married, it comes out of such love for one another and then women ca...
ALISON BRIE Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about t...
ALISON BRIE I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and...
ALISON BRIE I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans bac...
ALISON BRIE I kind of love going to weddings - it's a guilty pleasure. I've never been the wedding-y typ...
ALISON BRIE I'm a generally optimistic person.
ALISON BRIE I'm really not a TV junkie... OK, I kind of am a TV junkie, but I'm much more of a movie jun...
ALISON BRIE My parents are definitely reformed hippies.
ALISON BRIE I get pigeonholed into type-A personality characters, but I'm really not type A. I'm kind of...
ALISON BRIE I started acting in second grade - my first role was in the Thanksgiving play. I was the Indian chas...
BRIE LARSON I started watching so many different types of women, saw all the complexities of them, all the ways ...
BRIE LARSON I'm just interested in all of the different ways that a woman can be. We don't have enough, ...
BRIE LARSON I'm really interested in mythology and folklore. I'm interested in moralities, why we're...
BRIE LARSON I didn't go to prom - I was homeschooled.
BRIE LARSON I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the ...
BRIE LARSON The same myths are told in every culture, and they might swap out details, but it's still the sa...
BRIE LARSON Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comforta...
BRIE LARSON For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.
BRIE LARSON For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school.
BRIE LARSON I know it's odd. But when I was getting scuba certified, it was explained very early on that you...
BRIE LARSON I went through a phase of eating dinner in the shower because I thought, 'Why don't we do th...
BRIE LARSON Laughter is the best way to get over something or get closer to something. It's one of the thing...
BRIE LARSON I've become more comfortable as time has gone on with saying goodbye because... I've been ha...
BRIE LARSON I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love...
BRIE LARSON I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started ...
BRIE LARSON Because we put ourselves in a movie or on TV, then it must mean we want to be completely open to the...
BRIE LARSON My first acting gig was a skit for Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show.' It was this Barbie commer...
BRIE LARSON I won't do things for money. I can't. So I'll hold out and say, in my mind, 'There&#...
BRIE LARSON I love discussing social issues, but I'm not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a w...
BRIE LARSON I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not. It's the same thing ...
BRIE LARSON Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time ch...
BRIE LARSON I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expres...
BRIE LARSON I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand oppor...
BRIE LARSON I'm not really out in the world all that much. I mean, I live with no phone signal, in the hills...
BRIE LARSON The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to even...
BRIE LARSON My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, ...
BRIE LARSON It can get really messy inside my head, and it's usually just because everybody can get really s...
BRIE LARSON If I had my way, I would never do a leading role.
BRIE LARSON We have to choose every day to be active participants. To wake up in the morning and choose this lif...
BRIE LARSON My number-one website is brainpickings.org. It opens you up to different authors and gives insights ...
BRIE LARSON I don't really have any people in my life who aren't gypsies.
BRIE LARSON As much as I love acting, I just want to be a healthy person.
BRIE LARSON What 'Short Term 12' did was it gave me the confidence to explore my intuition more. The hea...
BRIE LARSON I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don&...
BRIE LARSON I love mythology and folklore, and I respect the time, money, and opportunity that a film gives to a...
BRIE LARSON Our funding is solely from grants and private donations. Local costs include recruitment, training v...
BRIE BICKLEY These incidents are not as rare as one might think.
BRIE BICKLEY I'm kind of a morbid person. I'm very optimistic, but I also feel like I'm going to die ...
BRIE LARSON The thing that I love about moviemaking is how many people it takes to make it.
BRIE LARSON I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over...
BRIE LARSON I don't like being able to be reached. I enjoy my solitude. Even people having my phone number s...
BRIE LARSON Toni Collette has been a huge influence. She was my absolute number one idol, and then I got 'Un...
BRIE LARSON I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from 'Alice in Wonderland,' so we've got som...
BRIE LARSON A big producer offered me the part of the pretty girl that waits at home for the guy, and I couldn&#...
BRIE LARSON We presently have 36 trained volunteers, who donate thousands of hours to be the voices in court for...
BRIE BICKLEY In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emoti...
BRIE LARSON I am becoming more recognisable in some ways, and some aspects of my privacy are going. But there...
BRIE LARSON My identity was tangled up in the parts that I had played since I was a child. I would go through my...
BRIE LARSON The moments that I feel a huge sense of accomplishment are actually the smaller moments, not really ...
BRIE LARSON I used to dislike it, but now I like it more and more, feeling small. I like feeling like a little s...
BRIE LARSON 'Basmati Blues' deals with a great social issue, GMOs, but it's told through love and so...
BRIE LARSON In my personal opinion, you miss out on the beauty of the moment if you go in planning what the mome...
BRIE LARSON We're coming into a new generation of women where there's the submissive woman, and then our...
BRIE LARSON When you eliminate all stimuli, your brain is like, 'Finally, we've got some space! I want t...
BRIE LARSON It seems like people have to get their thrills somehow.
BRIE LARSON I think I was always a little sponge as a kid, and I was always looking for more information constan...
BRIE LARSON I’m very interested in the emotional honesty of things, which at times looks kind of ugly and at t...
BRIE LARSON Any time I was at Trader Joes, and the person bagging my stuff would be like, 'Did I go to colle...
BRIE LARSON Girls in this industry sabotage one another.
BRIE LARSON I was born in Sacramento but moved to Los Angeles with my mom and my little sister when I was seven.
BRIE LARSON When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we wou...
BRIE LARSON I remembered moving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my mum when I was seven and my sister was th...
BRIE LARSON I had collages in my bedroom when I was a teenager.
BRIE LARSON You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales a...
ALISON KRAUSS If you think about it, I was at college, and then three months later, I was a massive pop star. It&#...
ALISON MOYET Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop st...
ALISON MOYET Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of d...
ALISON GOPNIK Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it do...
ALISON DOODY I'd like to take more pictures of real celebrities. It would be fabulous to photograph Brad Pitt...
ALISON JACKSON Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.
ALISON GOMME Fly high... Where the only chill that cuts through you is the wind. Where your heart pounds from exh...
VIRGINIA ALISON The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but i...
ALISON GOPNIK Where we're located, we're kind of far away from opportunities and activities that might be offered ...
ALISON VINCENT The other part of the program features things the children haven't been exposed to at home or within...
ALISON VINCENT With some parents' work schedules, some children might be here at the school for 11 hours.
ALISON VINCENT The bottom line is that it's for the kids and the parents so they can all have the best experience p...
ALISON VINCENT Dog cases cause such severe neighbor problems. The dog cases, they get so contentious.
ALISON TATE Well, I care. If you don't do this, you could die.
ALISON TATE It's a good thing he didn't touch me. I would have decked him.
ALISON TATE He's not even close to ready. He is going to lose everything he's gained this far . . . . To show hi...
ALISON TATE It's hard whenever we lose an animal.
ALISON SWANK Their counterparts in the wild are out in the weather, too.
ALISON SWANK We think the overriding cause of her death was something other than drowning.
ALISON SWANK One of the two suspicions is that there was an indirect lightning strike which may have caused the z...
ALISON SWANK We're unsure how many are down there.
ALISON SWANK We do have quite a few people stopping by offering condolences.
ALISON SWANK The group putting this together was looking for a hurdle that would be doable within the time span, ...
ALISON SMITH It helps that we know the drugs so we can input it faster.
ALISON SMITH We saw it as a unique opportunity to use our knowledge to make this run smoothly.
ALISON SMITH Today, the landscape has changed dramatically.
ALISON SMITH It sends $3 of your tax money that you already pay into the fund. It sends a message that Maine peop...
ALISON SMITH We're all going to miss Jack.
ALISON SMITH In both fours, we viewed the race as an opportunity to work on our race plan against a fast opponent...
ALISON REYNOLDS There's no evidence to suggest that cooling relations has dampened business.
ALISON REYNOLDS Many people have used the argument that opening up trade leads to political reform and social reform...
ALISON REYNOLDS The Tibetan people will not be satisfied until there is political change which will give them genuin...
ALISON REYNOLDS The police have promised not to do that again and we will demonstrate at every point in this visit.
ALISON REYNOLDS What we would like to see is Tony Blair making a public statement of concern over these issues.
ALISON REYNOLDS I'm hearing these words about renewal of the ecumenical movement, but I'm looking for a tangible fra...
ALISON PRESTON Tracy was frustrated at the start of the season. She wasn't scoring and the links were which wasn't ...
ALISON PRESTON Annie was frustrated in the preseason but she's steadily improved and has seven goals.
ALISON PRESTON Everyone was upset when Mackenzie went down. When she came back, their level of play went back up. S...
ALISON PRESTON Pequannock's only lost two games, both to Madison, so they're obviously a good team.
ALISON PRESTON When we played Roxbury in the first round, we found out the final would be on our field. It's exciti...
ALISON PRESTON We've got no superstars but they're getting the job done.
ALISON PRESTON Kids who commit serious crimes shouldn't go scot-free. But if they are too young to vote or buy ciga...
ALISON PARKER Frankly, from a human rights perspective, that raises concerns,
ALISON PARKER We're asking for a recognition that these are child offenders and they should have access to parole ...
ALISON PARKER For example, Georgia rarely sentences children to life without parole, but it has youth crimes rates...
ALISON PARKER This would bring us in line with the rest of the world and make the US act in accordance with human-...
ALISON PARKER [Human rights advocates say that the use of juvenile life without parole, or LWOP, is by one measure...
ALISON PARKER The big thing was we knew Claudia wasn't going to be able to move that well?[She] really gutted it o...
ALISON OJEDA We had chance after chance and you only get so many opportunities and we didn't convert.
ALISON OJEDA As long as we have confidence going into our matches, we have a great shot at winning some of those ...
ALISON OJEDA Winning sure makes everything more exciting. I thought we played very well. We've been stressing eve...
ALISON OJEDA As long as these girls have someone to lead them, they will go above and beyond what they are suppos...
ALISON OJEDA We played in those tournaments to prepare us for the spring, and I think we will be well prepared wh...
ALISON OJEDA We'll get a lot more eyes on these photos. Our mission was never to keep them in a box.
ALISON NORDSTROM These are instructions in desire. It's a staged, idealized vision of a perfectly happy household.
ALISON NORDSTROM I suspect that Rothstein was looking for an opportunity to show the dignity of African Americans, ev...
ALISON NORDSTROM The Office of War Information asked Parks to provide inspirational photos to support the war effort....
ALISON NORDSTROM He consciously tried to preserve aspects of old Paris. For example, he didn't shoot the Eiffel Tower...
ALISON NORDSTROM I was writing and I have three kids. I was occupying my time with them but it was difficult.
ALISON MOYET I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working.
ALISON MOYET I love singing in French. I don't think in French. Sometimes when you sing in another language becau...
ALISON MOYET I have never had another job and I don't have a mortgage.
ALISON MOYET I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqua...
ALISON MOYET I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn't. I found a little ...
ALISON MOYET I chose not to work. It was one of those sticky things that happen in people's careers when you have...
ALISON MOYET I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and som...
ALISON MOYET As you get older, your windows of opportunity close. I needed to make a record once and for all that...
ALISON MOYET As I was growing up, French was the language in the house, so when I started school there were lots ...
ALISON MOYET It's always a good thing to have places to go and things to do.
ALISON MORANO Destinations with a capital D.
ALISON MORANO The major goal is going to be, they will never say the Democratic Executive Committee wasn't there f...
ALISON MORANO You'll see more of us in the media. You'll see more of us at events. You'll see more position statem...
ALISON MORANO This is just the beginning. We are very pleased.
ALISON MARQUISS We're working on a campaign for the next season and we're also executing on the remediation plan to ...
ALISON MARQUISS We're working on a campaign for the next season and we're also executing on the remediation plan to ...
ALISON MARQUISS If there were something that were shutting down companies, of course it is vital that our company co...
ALISON MARQUISS I think with these projections the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] will be in a good po...
ALISON MARQUISS We're approaching the finish line and look forward to providing vaccine for people to get vaccinated...
ALISON MARQUISS It's an ongoing process.
ALISON MARQUISS Our third-quarter earnings report is October 25, so we hope to have a more concrete number then, or ...
ALISON MARQUISS The [FDA] release yesterday was the last regulatory step.
ALISON MARQUISS [Full FDA clearance has not yet been achieved, but] there are no regulatory hurdles except supplemen...
ALISON MARQUISS Truth and Consequences
ALISON LURIE We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it i...
ALISON LURIE As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the f...
ALISON LURIE There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the ...
ALISON LURIE I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that...
ALISON LOHMAN I mean, God, I'm so lucky right now with the opportunities that I've had. There's nothing to worry a...
ALISON LOHMAN I like to take a character and develop it.
ALISON LOHMAN We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But ...
ALISON CROGGON Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.
ALISON GOMME It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at ...
ALISON CROGGON It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.
ALISON CROGGON There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.
ALISON CROGGON While the heart beats, hope lingers.
ALISON CROGGON Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, ...
ALISON CROGGON My homosexuality remained at that point purely theoretical, an untested hypothesis. But it was a hyp...
ALISON BECHDEL The writer's business is to find the shape in unruly life and to serve her story. Not, you may note,...
ALISON BECHDEL My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of e...
ALISON BECHDEL What would happen if we spoke the truth?
ALISON BECHDEL In this pause, I suddenly saw something very clearly.

Whatever it was I wanted from my m...
ALISON BECHDEL It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone.
ALISON BECHDEL Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.
ALISON BECHDEL It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolat...
ALISON BECHDEL What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If ...
ALISON GOPNIK I have always loved a hard-faced girl. I get that Alison Goldfrapp isn't easy, and I like her be...
ALISON MOYET I was always an odd girl; I managed to alienate a lot of people. I felt like a square peg in a round...
ALISON MOYET I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human bein...
ALISON MOYET What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of ...
ALISON GOPNIK I think my cat is adorable, and I probably give it too much fresh chicken. Maybe if I had a child, I...
ALISON GOLDFRAPP Young children seem to be learning who to share this toy with and figure out how it works, while ado...
ALISON GOPNIK Spinning has been such an amazing part of my exercise. I love the music, the energy, and the sweat. ...
ALISON SWEENEY If you're going to saute something, lightly spray olive oil in the pan or on veggies before you ...
ALISON SWEENEY I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because...
ALISON SWEENEY The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study tha...
ALISON GOPNIK I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It's important t...
ALISON SWEENEY Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.
ALISON SWEENEY I'll have wine or a piece of cake once in a while, but I don't look at it as sliding backwar...
ALISON SWEENEY I was definitely one of those people who fell for the fat-free cookies and chips that are loaded wit...
ALISON SWEENEY When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wa...
ALISON SWEENEY I eat a lot of fruit after I run. I find that hydrates me better than just drinking water. I have fr...
ALISON SWEENEY I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and hav...
ALISON SWEENEY I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversat...
ALISON SWEENEY I've met so many fans of daytime television who've watched the shows with their moms and gra...
ALISON SWEENEY It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail poli...
ALISON SWEENEY The number one mistake is giving pets table scraps. I made the mistake thinking I was showing my dog...
ALISON SWEENEY