Sade Adu Quotes
I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.
Quotes to Explore
-
You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.
-
Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
-
We can power our economy without despoiling our wild places.
-
When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
-
There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.
-
In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
-
Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
-
I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
-
I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.
-
I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.
-
I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
-
I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
-
I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
-
Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
-
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
-
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
-
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
-
On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
-
I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
-
One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
-
I'm not a member of a political party, and I feel very, very comfortable being independent. Even if I weren't a journalist - if I were doing whatever - I would be an independent.
-
A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
-
I like to do one thing at a time and do it to the best of my ability.
-
I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.
