Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I've broken up with people over it. You can't do monogamy 90 percent of the time.


Alanis Morissette

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SIMON SINEK
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
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TROY PERRY
Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a road...
KITTY KELLEY
Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to ...
DAVEED DIGGS
I've always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can't do it any other way.
EMMA WATSON
I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading act...
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Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I...
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FELICITY JONES
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PAYAL KADAKIA
I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations...
SIDNEY SHELDON
I never feel like I've been pushed towards a certain thing, but now, at 26, I do feel like I hav...
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People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percen...
TOM VILSACK
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EMILY BROWNING
I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven't been brought up to create havoc in other p...
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STELLA MCCARTNEY
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BOB SEGER
Monogamy is not something that's important to me. I don't think it defines love.
MARIE HELVIN
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VICTORIA BECKHAM
It's nice to actually look done-up, because people see a different side of me, the more girly si...
LAURA TROTT
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BILLY BURKE
Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been some...
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It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don'...
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This country is going to implode, or put another way, it's going to get crushed under the weight...
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come ...
HANNIBAL BURESS
Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of ...
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I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the...
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I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can...
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I do take lots of time off between projects, but when the right thing comes along, I don't like ...
BILL PULLMAN
Ninety percent of the people I grew up with didn't succeed.
EDDIE PEREZ
The worst thing people ever say is that 'I can't afford to have kids!' It's selfish,...
TAMER HASSAN
People ask me over and over how is it that I work with stars. How do you work with Barbra Streisand,...
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I've got a friend who's a power lifter, and she's a vegetarian. I don't know how she...
SETH ROLLINS
The image of me as someone who likes or can deal with a fight is wrong. Some people enjoy competitio...
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I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. Yo...
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From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've lear...
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To me I don't deal with stress well at all, and it is stressful enough for me to deal with my ow...
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It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's...
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Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think...
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You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid...
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I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I h...
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I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a comp...
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If I feel like I've completely drained every ounce of energy out of me for this song, and I can&...
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You know, I'm playing the Mirage in Vegas, the main room... About 5 percent of all comics end up...
BILLY GARDELL
I have a fierce temper. I've mastered it over the years, but when I'm angry, no one can forc...
LATA MANGESHKAR
I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH
Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't bel...
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I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't ...
JAKE OWEN
I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 9...
KALEY CUOCO
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell...
ERNST FISCHER
When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they'...
BEN SCHWARTZ
Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you'...
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Just, you know, you can't put bread in a cold oven. You know, you've got to take your time. ...
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DANIEL OKRENT
What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too ...
JONATHAN DAVIS
I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Sca...
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I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. O...
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Throughout the entire time I was filming 'Thirteen,' I'd just lock myself in my room and...
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Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I&#...
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'Deal or No Deal' works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, a...
HOWIE MANDEL
Senator John Kyle claiming that over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion.
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Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. T...
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PAUL WELLER
- I tak nieźle sobie pożyłem.
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CHARLES BUKOWSKI
'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People c...
CAITLYN JENNER
People hate me for whatever reasons they come up with, or they hate me because their friends said th...
RYAN SHECKLER
No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH
I've met some great people that deal with me in the press. I've also met some people that we...
DONALD TRUMP
I've been writing 'Green Lantern' for a long time, and one of the reasons I've enjoy...
GEOFF JOHNS
In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it...
CHARITY SHEA
I don't know if a penny's dropped somewhere, but you've had 'Lark Rise to Candleford...
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This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of a...
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Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.
SCOTTY MCCREERY
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with...
ERIC CHURCH
I had never done a 90-minute play with no intermission, so it is a bit like you get onto the train a...
LILY RABE
It's not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I've got such a great personality tha...
GEORGE CLOONEY
You have to create your own luck. At 2-0 the match is over. With a Beckham penalty it is 90 percent ...
FABIEN BARTHEZ
I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should h...
SALLY FIELD
In retrospect, I'm grateful for the break-up of my marriage because it forced me to deal with al...
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I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South Ame...
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I've gone through long periods of time when there's no work for me. You wait for the next jo...
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. T...
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