Janelle Monae (Janelle Monáe Robinson) Quotes
My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.

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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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Why not mix this and that? If soy goes well with fish, how come no one does beef carpaccio with soy? Why do we have such a taste and not another? It's all about culture. There is something, however, that I really don't like: bell peppers.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.
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I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
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In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life.
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Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.
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My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.