Rozonda Thomas Quotes
We go into the studio with the mindset of simply wanting to make something great.
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A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.
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I prayed every night that God would keep my family safe. But as far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I can't say this enough, I'm totally comfortable with my body. I like my body, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think I have a nice body, I'm happy with it.
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Even if there is endless documentation, it would be impossible to know what a man thought inside his own mind... This is where the novelist's creative imagination has to take over.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.
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Talking to people is important to me as someone who has cerebral palsy. I know what it's like to have people not talking to me because they are scared they would ask the wrong question, but I would rather have an honest dialogue as long as it comes from an honest place.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the 'legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago.' There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right.
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I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.
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I studied Computer Science when I was in my undergrad and minored in Digital Art & Design.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.
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We go into the studio with the mindset of simply wanting to make something great.
