Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes

I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson

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• It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Want
  • Problem
  • Complexity

• The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Time
  • World
  • True

• Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Easy

• I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.

  

  Abigail Disney
  • Women
  • Children
  • War

• The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

  

  Page McConnell
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Guitar

• After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • People
  • Character
  • Better

• I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.

  

  Utkarsh Ambudkar
  • Acting
  • Rap
  • New York

• I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Writing
  • Book
  • History

• The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Republican
  • Definition
  • Bush

• The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Life
  • Long
  • My Life

• I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

  

  Larry Niven
  • Education
  • System
  • Repair

• How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Live
  • Desert
  • Within

• When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Music
  • You
  • Timeless

• Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Success
  • Inspired

• You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Business
  • You
  • Driving

• By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • Fear
  • Adversity
  • Greatest

• The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Life
  • Problem
  • Lose

• I love flying.

  

  Adam Kinzinger
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Flying

• I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

  

  Joe Greene
  • People
  • Business

• I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to my mom and dad for giving me all this music. I don't really sing this as a singer, because I'm not a singer. But I wanted to do it for them.

  

  Charlie Haden
  • Music
  • Giving
  • Dad

• It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.

  

  Peter Hammill
  • People
  • Time
  • Past

• When I was younger, I was diagnosed with dyslexia, which meant, for me, sitting in front of a book was really hard - until I discovered Harry Potter, and this character, this 11-year-old boy, who suddenly gets off to school for the first time, captured my imagination, and suddenly reading was fun. Reading was inspiring, and I was motivated.

  

  Princess Beatrice of York
  • Time
  • School
  • Character

• I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.

  

  Jidenna Theodore Mobisson
  • School