Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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I don't want any competition; I've finally made it! I don't want any young bucks knocking me off and taking my job, so stay in school! Stay in school and get a nice job working in an office!
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If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!
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What Woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intellect to discern, as a soul to live freely and unimpeded.
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Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.
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I don't think of myself as a comedian.
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Too often people view idealists as naive.
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There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.
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If you had to point to anything, it's when you've had as much success as we've had and are so close to winning a Super Bowl, at some stage you have an opportunity to think the next move, even if it's not consistent with all your previous moves, will be the one that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.
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I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
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People don't realize how much it means to your music to record on tape, whether it be for new music or old music. People don't realize how much or how imperative it is to use actual hardware when making drums because those are actual percussion samplers. They're hardware instruments that are made to have the drum hit.
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The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.
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There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.
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I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction.
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The reality is, the movies that were most impactful to me growing up, when I decided I wanted to make movies, I was going to see Woody Allen double features with my brother, back when they had double features.
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In antihistory, time is an illusion.
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For me, Anthony Powell is a religion. I read 'A Dance to the Music of Time' every few years.
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I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen.
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You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.
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I love Cate Blanchett. She's extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose.
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I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.
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Swanky means classy and funky.
