Sade Adu Quotes
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, and it's like, 'You've never been to my whole world?'
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A lot of people don't know that I had a special appearance in 'Keratam'; that was my first Telugu film. I only shot for four to five days. When they called me, I said, 'I can't give 60 days for a movie. If you have something for one week or 10 days, then I can accommodate.'
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I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.'
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Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
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Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania – that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love with her. But I don't think so.
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I went to elementary school in L.A. I was born in L.A. My mother was from Redondo Beach. My father was French. He died six months before I was born, so my mother went home. I was born there. Not the childhood that most people think. Middle-class, raised by my mother. Single mom.
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I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.
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When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
