Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes

I feel like we haven't dealt with the ghosts of America's past, and the way to deal with it is to confront it, so every time people see me, I want them to be reminded and to confront that ghost.

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• I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.

  

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• I would very much like to become a best-selling author.

  

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• As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.

  

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• My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.

  

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• I feel like we haven't dealt with the ghosts of America's past, and the way to deal with it is to confront it, so every time people see me, I want them to be reminded and to confront that ghost.

  

  Jidenna Theodore Mobisson
  • People
  • Time
  • America