Santi White (Santigold) Quotes
I'm hoping to knock down the walls and broaden the lane a little bit more for music that's pop music at the heart of it.
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If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
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In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
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Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.
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I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldn't say I have a major sweet tooth.
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True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
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I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!
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We rarely think to mark the trail for others to follow. 'Live and learn,' we say, acknowledging the value of experience. We usually forget about 'Live and teach.'
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My music is 100-percent me, so it's just who I developed into as a woman. I feel really grateful that I waited until I did because I feel like I really found who I was by doing that.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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My life has been charmed in the sense that I've met some extraordinary people. But at the end of the day, when you go home and you go to bed, and if you're on your own, you never think of yourself in that way. I'm sure not even people like Angelina Jolie think like that.
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I'm hoping to knock down the walls and broaden the lane a little bit more for music that's pop music at the heart of it.
