Sade Adu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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If you're not brave, you're not going to be free.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.
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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.
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I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.
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I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.
