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" I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving. "
Shirley Manson
Giving
Moving
Self-Confidence
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" Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. "
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" People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty. "
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" I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. "
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" We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect. "
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" I love pop music. Who doesn't? "
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" At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron. "
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Day
" I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more. "
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" If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery. "
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You
Call
" I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun. "
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Want
" I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody. "
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Know
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" I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies. "
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Friends
Parents
Mother
" My solo album is dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket. "
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Open
" I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute. "
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Hear
Want
" The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression. "
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Truth Is
Always
Depression
" You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music. "
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You
People
" It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate. "
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Women
Criticism
Easy
" It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy. "
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Balance
You
Thoughts
" In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing for that time. It was the first time that alternative music broke through to the mainstream. "
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Music
Think
" I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next. "
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Most
Game
Am
" Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. "
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Punk
Seem
People
" That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous. "
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Rebel
Yourself
Difficult
" I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed. "
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Feel Good
Clothes
Myself
" I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect. "
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Fight
Woman
" No, I'm not Shirley the girl, I'm the woman on MTV with the big boots. "
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Woman
Big
Boots
" I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well. "
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" I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included. "
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Looks
Others
" I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life. "
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" I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life. "
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" I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious. "
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People
Woman
I Am
" Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does. "
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