#po

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#any #balance #courage #durable #embraces

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#advantage #appearance #appears #because #chances

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#anyone #anything #bad #bad rap #changes

My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn't do anything. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#i #idea #limit #me #messages

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#before #beginning #being #commit #create

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#augmenting #expressing #forward #here #i

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#directly #i #i do #music #point

At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#best #book #breathing #deadline #down

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#contributing #fame #fun #get #i

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#down #down the road #events #humor #i