Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
I think one of the things that I picked up from Nigeria is the constant pressure to be excellent. Parents drill in this responsibility towards family, but also a responsibility toward making sure your family name is heralded.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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President Trump will release America's pent-up energy potential, get rid of foreign oil, trash punitive regulations, create millions of jobs, and develop our most strategic geopolitical weapon: crude oil.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.
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For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.
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I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
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The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.
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I saw the Kino print of 'The Man From Beyond,' but apparently a superior new print has been produced by Restored Serials. Maybe a few snippets of missing footage will close up some of the plot holes, but I have my doubts.
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If you told me to choose between family and football, then it is no choice. I take family, of course, like everyone. But I prefer to keep it private, and that's it. I just focus on the football.
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I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
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I grew up in Mumbai.
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Love came in wounded and frantic ways to my dismaying family.
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'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.
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I hate to travel.
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I've always had this idea that you have to make the most of things.
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Reading makes you smarter. It really does.
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It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner.
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I think one of the things that I picked up from Nigeria is the constant pressure to be excellent. Parents drill in this responsibility towards family, but also a responsibility toward making sure your family name is heralded.
