"Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it."

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"Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it."

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"If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it."

"I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies."

"Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used."

"I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same."

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