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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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 want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!
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We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or shouldn't do since our music is a little bit poppier.
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America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.
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It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
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I wanted to make films that were culturally relevant in my own country, that challenged people, and that people talked about.
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The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.
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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.
