"The last verse [In My Secret Life] completely got to me, about how we all have great ideals but in reality we end up conforming, following everyone else. We want to be stronger so we lead that life inside, thinking of ourselves as these great brave souls. I literally thought when I was 15 that I was a musical genius and I could change the world, but in fact you're not and you can't and you don't, and that realisation is almost heartbreaking."

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Source : "Katie Melua: I want to start afresh". The Telegraph, September 15, 2007.

Katie Melua

#Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Brave Quotes

“Pain is evitable. Suffering is optional.”
“Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!”
“While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mark Hyman, MD from Jan 16, 2017
“Every woman wants and needs different things. It's always best when you're honest and you speak up. It's hard to read minds.”

Source : Harper's Bazaar Interview, www.imdb.com. August 21, 2017.
“I really never thought I would be an actor professionally. I was very academic and was like, "That's so irresponsible. I would never do that." And now, here I am.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.”
“The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression.”
“If peace . . . only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.”

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