Keri Hilson Quotes
My grandmother would sing in the choir, while my dad - while he was in college - sang and recorded with a quartet. So yeah, it was definitely my dad's Southern side that impacted on me musically.
Quotes to Explore
-
Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
-
As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
-
We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
-
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
-
One half who graduate from college never read another book.
-
I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.
-
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
-
My dad makes food with very few delicate flavours.
-
Stanford's law school application wasn't the standard combination of college transcript, LSAT score, and essays. It required a personal sign-off from the dean of your college: You had to submit a form, completed by the dean, attesting that you weren't a loser.
-
Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.
-
I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.
-
When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.
-
There are a lot of guys who play in pro-style offenses who are not prepared when they come out of college. Either you're coaching the quarterback to be a quarterback, or you're not.
-
The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.
-
As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
-
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
-
I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu, and my birth was a big disappointment for her.
-
Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
-
Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
-
Once we get our corporate culture the way we want it, we have to hire people who fit. Otherwise, the wheels fall off the wagon and we quickly find ourselves back where we started.
-
We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
-
I do not know a lot about football. I guess I'm a Patriots fan because I'm from Boston? But I'm getting to know a lot more about it, and I'm finding it fascinating.
-
When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising.
-
My grandmother would sing in the choir, while my dad - while he was in college - sang and recorded with a quartet. So yeah, it was definitely my dad's Southern side that impacted on me musically.
