Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always admired his etching of female characters.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
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Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax.
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It's not very often that I like new bands.
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If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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My mother was Catholic, my father not. I went to Catholic high school. Every form of education failed me. I was trouble.
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The secret is I have no shame.
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Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.
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Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
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There was no question that I was going to school.
