Neneh Cherry (Neneh Mariann Karlsson) Quotes
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
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In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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Ultimately, biological phenomena involve molecules, and understanding them involves understanding the underlying chemistry. In my opinion, this is a particularly exciting area of chemistry.
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I would rather make feature movies because, let's face it, you take more time. You take seven days to do a show, and you take three or four months to do a movie.
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The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.
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No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.
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Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.
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The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first.
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I'm a natural sceptic.
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Trying to win five straight is a tough deal up here. Our backs have been against the wall for five weeks.
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Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.
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If the point of an activity is to be relaxing, changing that point to money isn't a great idea. Then you have to show up for it differently, and that can take the fun out of it, absolutely. I'm a big fan of turning your hobbies into businesses, but not if it's the hobby you do to relax and unplug.
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My daughters are my Picassos.
