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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From the time I was 8 until now, I've been working. My Social Security is looking solid.
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Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.
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I have this image of myself as kinda like the Energizer Bunny. I get knocked down, and I pop right back up.
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Atheists have an excellent longevity record because we have no place to go after we die, so we take good care of ourselves and our world while we are here.
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A good game gives us meaningful accomplishment - clear achievement that we don't necessarily get from real life. In a game, you've beaten level four, the boss monster is dead, you have a badge, and now you have a super laser sword. Real life isn't like that, right?
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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.
