Alison Quotes
Always have sunglasses with you. They're great for when you can't be bothered to put make-up on.
Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.
I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids.
I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.
As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.
I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.
I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.
We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.
I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me, there's a truth in your heart that says you'll never leave me, and the touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall.
I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.
There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.
Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure
Give people a common enemy, and you will give them a common identity. Deprive them of an enemy and you will deprive them of the crutch by which they know who they are.
I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.
It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.
Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.
Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about the carefree flinging of your body to great music. It can be so joyous.
What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.
The script is a bible and it's this unchangeable document that somebody spent years and years on.
What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.
If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.
It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.
That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing
I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.
It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!
The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.
Your heart literally hurts when it's breaking. You can feel it, every beat another ache, and nothing you can do will stop it, either from beating or breaking.
I think the world is a dead carcass and I think the purpose of human beings is as maggots.
I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in life, because that's how we all are.
Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.
Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental.
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.
People think, 'Oh, I'm loving myself by sitting on this sofa for four hours.' Love yourself enough to get up!
I think it's important to be honest with yourself about what you want and it's important to be honest with your partner about what you need.
The more obsessively we focus on what a particular food is going to do for us, the less healthy we've become. Simple pleasures become complicated.
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day
It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me.
I love almonds as a snack, and in the morning, yogurt is a fantastic go-to. Sometimes I mix them together.
