Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Winning a world title has always been the dream and ultimate goal.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I try to lead by example.
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I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.
