Janelle Monae (Janelle Monáe Robinson) Quotes
I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet Muhammad. That is undeniable. And it's a medieval interpretation of it. It is a literal interpretation of it.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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Why am I political? Because society's consistent and constant disregard and lack of respect for minorities, even the title minority, is too much to bear silently. Their insistence at our invisibility, whether subtle as noninclusion, or as loud and violent as hate crimes, is contagious, and can make me hide from myself.
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Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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And I don't expect anyone can bring about a revolution in the way that Bob Dylan did - and really didn't - in the 1960s.
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I really like intimate venues because it feels like everyone in the audience is in on all our inside jokes. We could say things and people will catch them. That couldn't happen at a festival because nobody would catch it. I also like that in a smaller space people can be talking to each other and listening to the music; they don't have to be watching you the whole time.
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I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.
