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Everybody's trying to be the biggest, because if you're not the biggest, you don't survive.

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Shirley Manson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 26
Actor
Feminist
Film Actor
Guitarist
Model
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Edinburgh
Scotland
Shirley Ann Manson
Everybody
Trying
Survive
Biggest

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Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.
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I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
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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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Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.
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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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I plan on doing as much in my life as I possibly can.
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I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.
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Ps. I am pretty certain Beyonce doesn't need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she's got everything covered perfectly well on her own.
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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 think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.
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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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Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.
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I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.
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I want to hang out in Edinburgh with my friends and eat fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.
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A lot of my friends are artists or musicians or single parent families and I'm totally aware of how difficult it is for them to make ends meet.
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Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. 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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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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In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.
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I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland.
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