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I've always been really opinionated, and mixed with being really open hearted, open to people shifting what I think all the time, but I like to speak with conviction.


Alanis Morissette

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GLORIA VANDERBILT I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Sca...
JAY-Z I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always re...
DANE COOK I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to rem...
ANNA WINTOUR I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting ins...
TARON EGERTON I've gotten to work with some great people. I've been really lucky.
COREY HAIM I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a 'career builder.' I...
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PAT OLIPHANT I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone be...
CLARA HUGHES You know, I've always been very open to any project.
KATHLEEN KENNEDY I went through that stage of the Mumford & Sons and the Alanis Morissette vibe. I was in a dark ...
BEBE REXHA Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it...
MANIKA I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've...
TIM DUNCAN I've always had a really difficult time with loss.
CHRIS CORNELL I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK,...
A.J. STYLES I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probabl...
FELICITY JONES I've just been blessed to work with these really great people.
JAMIE BELL I think that open tunings are a trap really because it's really hard not to sound like an open t...
LEO KOTTKE Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I&...
KURT COBAIN I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that....
ZAHA HADID I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the ...
JAMIE BAMBER I'm open about having bipolar disorder. I'm open about being of mixed race. I'm open abo...
HALSEY Being on a film set, you are always around such fantastic people. And I feel like I've been luck...
TOM HOLLAND I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from the...
ABIGAIL BRESLIN I'm really happy with everything that I've been fortunate enough to do and with the creative...
ERIN WASSON I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I...
DUANE MICHALS I've always felt like I've had the ability to choose which roles I was going to play. I don&...
BRIE LARSON I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.
SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT I think you learn something from everybody that you've worked with. I really learned how to beha...
DAKOTA FANNING Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very su...
LYDIA KO I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really ha...
BRANDON STANTON I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there...
OLLY MURS Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I've always been a rocker. Like ever since I was really young. I had a crush on the Green Day gu...
ASHLEE SIMPSON I like to think of myself as a leader whose door is always open. But I recently learned that an open...
JASON FRIED I just want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be on a show like 'The Newsroom.' I'...
TERRY CREWS One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'
BEBE REXHA I've always been fascinated with aristocracy. I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the ...
LORDE I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with &#...
LAURYN HILL I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we al...
ADRIANA LIMA I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been abl...
TROIAN BELLISARIO I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea...
MONICA LEWINSKY I'm open to getting more equipment, but I really won't have time to look into that until aft...
DAISY BERKOWITZ I can understand everybody associates me with Karen, but beyond that, I think after time passes and ...
MEGAN MULLALLY I've always been really cautious about guys who have a Winnie Cooper fantasy, and I'm so gla...
DANICA MCKELLAR I've always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls' private Catholic school, and one o...
DANIELA BOBADILLA We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who r...
CARL HIAASEN I've always been really into movies, and I definitely thought I'd be involved with movies at...
JACK KILMER I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy,...
RAM SHRIRAM People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experiment...
NICKI MINAJ I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful ...
GABRIELLE ANWAR I think you can overthink dealing with fame. To an extent, you've got to put yourself out there,...
FIONN WHITEHEAD As an adult, I've always tried to be a good person my whole life, so I've made good friends,...
ROMAN REIGNS I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you kn...
CASSADEE POPE I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'...
BRETT YOUNG I love bouncing between different genres. And comedy, obviously, is something I enjoy doing the most...
DAVID KOECHNER When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been...
KURT VONNEGUT I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I mov...
SHERIDAN SMITH I've learned to really just trust my gut and to go with what I really feel inside.
CASSADEE POPE I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you ...
HARI KONDABOLU I listen to all kinds of music, but I've always been a really big fan of Top 40 radio. If I'...
AARON TVEIT I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh...
MAHERSHALA ALI I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
E. L. JAMES I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thi...
CHARLI XCX I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about th...
DANIELLE PANABAKER I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what...
JAMIE CULLUM I am a huge Prince fan. It's a very rare thing for him to have people open for him. It's bee...
JILL SCOTT I've worked with all sorts of random people - everybody from Metallica to Britney Spears to Ozzy...
MOBY I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have...
LENA DUNHAM As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Havin...
MARKETA IRGLOVA At first I thought of myself as an outcast, but that's like my new family. I really enjoy being arou...
BRANDON LUCKETT Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,'...
M.I.A. I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
WENDY DAVIS I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoug...
CARRIE COON All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm l...
GAL GADOT I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the...
ANDY SERKIS I've always liked drama; I've always found it really fun, like, I did go to drama club and t...
RACHEL HURD-WOOD I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been...
RICHARD DREYFUSS I've been on the cover of 'Time' magazine three times, not for my beauty but because wha...
CHERYL TIEGS I think when you're a fan of music - at least the way I've been a fan to artists that have r...
MATISYAHU I've always been very comfortable wearing not much, in my swimwear or my underwear, or running a...
MIRANDA KERR I'm open-minded. I don't consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. I've had experiences ...
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