Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'
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...like a ship, clean and trim on a dirty sea of pox and camel-dung.
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How did we go bankrupt? Two ways. Slowly, and then all of a sudden.
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Nullification is not a 'defense' recognized by law, but rather a mechanism that permits a jury, as community conscience, to disregard the strict requirements of law where it finds that those requirements cannot justly be applied in a particular case.
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
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Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?
