Brenda Fassie Quotes
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
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When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work.
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I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
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Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
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American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.
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When I was working on my Ph.D., I developed a computer algorithm to look for rapid changes in populations' DNA. Our DNA changes constantly over generations, but if certain changes spread through a population more quickly than others, they are probably the beneficial results of natural selection. This is the protection we give ourselves to survive.
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I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power to change communities.
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I always said, 'If it's over, it's over.' If modeling is over, it's still the best experience of my life.
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My whole way of looking at entertainment and audience engagement - and my ability to go from one genre to another - comes from my experience in New Orleans.
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The drums are very trashy: it's all electric, it's very in your face, and it's not perfect. It's raw, and I think that's what 'garage' means.
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In my work, I participate in the things that I critique. I satirize the things that I love and know well and find problematic.
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I could draw up a list of about 30 artists who I apparently sound like. From Lady Gaga, to Katy Perry to Lana Del Rey. I don't know if it's because I'm versatile or because production affects how people judge music. I can't wait for a time I can just be classed as myself.
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I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.
