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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.


Alanis Morissette

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My mind is killing me”
— The Glass Child, Stuck In My Mind
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON You don't know that and I don't know that!
MICHELE COSTELLO I was born in Fayette County, over in Lexington, Kentucky, but I was raised most of my life in Paint...
CHRIS STAPLETON I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n...
, IN THE NEW REPUBLIC I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
JACKIE WALORSKI I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive. Even in the house my mum ...
ZAYN MALIK My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him a...
P. L. TRAVERS I went through that stage of the Mumford & Sons and the Alanis Morissette vibe. I was in a dark ...
BEBE REXHA My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in m...
ISABEL ALLENDE I was terrified of my weakness, of my sharp tongue, of
my every flaw. I was terrified that this...
AMY LANE I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-gi...
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING It was difficult at times to balance my school life with my pageant life. At times all I wanted to d...
AUDRA PAQUETTE I have a sweet tooth problem. On tour, in catering, the dessert was always so good. When we started ...
KEVIN MCHALE Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born the...
AHMED BEN BELLA When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in...
CHAZ BONO I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified wh...
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, be...
CAL RIPKEN, JR. How late I learned the essential things in life! In my childhood, nailed to the Gemara, I led the li...
ISAAC BABEL How late I learned the essential things in life! In my childhood, nailed to the Gemara, I led the l...
ISAAC BABEL It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II 'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into...
PAUL WESLEY I wanted to be a writer as a teen... so storytelling was my first love. In my late teens, design bec...
YVES BEHAR I don't know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defin...
LUCILLE BAUR My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the m...
BARACK OBAMA I had to go through therapy to learn to socialize and express my feelings. In a way, it was immature...
GARY GRAHL My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian....
BEN BARNES I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life ve...
PARK CHAN-WOOK One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'
BEBE REXHA When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be...
ROBERT FROST When I was younger, my goal in life was to work in special FX makeup. Liquid latex and fake blood! T...
CULLEN BUNN There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on...
SISSY SPACEK All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.
JOSE MUJICA My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the str...
DAVID GUETTA We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person.
ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me...
ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive.
ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ...
ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken.
ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.
ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real...
ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha...
ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don...
ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.
KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them...
MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina...
WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea...
WALLIS SIMPSON

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ALANIS MORISETTE A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little ...
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