Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.
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I'm a strong believer that you can build great companies in time of both greed and fear. But you have to be paying attention and operating under the right assumptions. You don't have to believe history repeats itself, but you should accept that history rhymes.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.
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I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish.
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Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.
