Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (Jidenna) Quotes
The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for. But I also hope when I play my songs for people - adult, children, mostly children - that they feel mighty, they feel noble, they feel like warriors. And they feel like they can do anything in the world because that's how I feel.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.
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Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
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To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.
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In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.
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The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for. But I also hope when I play my songs for people - adult, children, mostly children - that they feel mighty, they feel noble, they feel like warriors. And they feel like they can do anything in the world because that's how I feel.
