Janelle Monae (Janelle Monáe Robinson) Quotes
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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I really sort of kept to myself. I kind of just watched the world. And I think to keep people from messing with me, yeah, you know, I went out to run track. I went out for the football team. Not because I love track or love football.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
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People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a way that pays the bills, produces reasonable profits, and allows them to keep their people employed and fulfilled. And there's nothing whatsoever wrong with that.
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Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all soft kisses and white gowns and hand-holding. But underneath they were a scary, complicated, ugly mess, just waiting to rise to the surface.
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A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
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To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.
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If you would know the political and moral condition of a people, ask as to the position of its women.
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Mariam: I can't beleive what you are now, if you were a Benz before.
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I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.
