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 remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.
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My father had played the guitar when he was young, and my uncle Jack had worked for Kalamazoo, before the war, developing guitar pickups. So there was a kind of family thing about the guitar, although it was considered something of an anomaly then.
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If at first you do succeed don't take any more chances.
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From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance.
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I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
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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.
