Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
There are always pluses and minus to commercialization. It broadcasts something to the masses. So that's the plus. The minus is it may lose some of its meaning if you dilute it.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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I always look to play flawed characters. I'm not very interested in playing somebody that's just, you know, the very nice one or the attractive one, or whatever, which a lot of female parts can just be written that way.
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Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
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I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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I don't do lies!
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Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.
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A lot of my best stuff is just ad libs on stage, and that's one thing that I've gotten back to at the live show.
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Sometimes a line enters your head, and you're so grateful for it. You go online to check to see if anyone wrote it before you. You must have stolen it.
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It is a mistake to assume that if everybody does his job, it will be all right. The whole system may be in trouble.
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There are always pluses and minus to commercialization. It broadcasts something to the masses. So that's the plus. The minus is it may lose some of its meaning if you dilute it.
