Janelle Monae (Janelle Monáe Robinson) Quotes
When I first started in this industry, my goal was to be some best friend. The sidekick. I thought that would be an accomplishment.
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When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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There's no more important bonding thing than a mother doing the daughter's hair. We sit at our mother's knee and learn who we are.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for interesting characters because I intend to completely transport myself into it. This happens only because I am a very greedy actor. I am not part of the rat race because I am living a dream.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are.
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I think art is more glorious than life but not more real.
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It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.
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In order to know how to talk, you have to know what to say. In order to know what to say, you have to get in touch with those deep-inside-of-you thoughts, feelings, needs, and yearnings. These are the parts of you that must be communicated if you are going to be known.
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I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.
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When I first started in this industry, my goal was to be some best friend. The sidekick. I thought that would be an accomplishment.
