Malik Bendjelloul Quotes
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put it up on a T-ball stand so she can hit it out of the park.'
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When you need help, you have to look for it: at times, it's necessary. People are specialists; that's what they're there for. You have to use them.
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I never get enough sleep, even when I travel. I wake up in the middle of the night, either with the help of my kids or because my mind is going. I wish I got eight hours a night, but it is more like an interrupted six or seven. The secret is to go to sleep well before midnight.
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The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman.
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For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain, but I like that. It's a reality, and I just accept it as something not to be avoided.
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The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
