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I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

Alanis Morissette

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Alanis Morissette
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 1
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Ottawa (Ontario)
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First I was 'angry,' then 'spiritual.' Now I don't know what I am.
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Your political views really denote your spiritual views.
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I have as much rage as you have, I have as much pain as you do, I've lived as much hell as you have, and I've kept mine bubbling under for you.
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