Janelle Monae (Janelle Monáe Robinson) Quotes
I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.
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If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.
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I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.
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With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.
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I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?
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I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.
