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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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'm irrational about all things creative, and I'm always late!
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies. (p. 70)
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The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. Less people killed. It wouldn't have affected the world on a planetary level. Sure, there would have been little things. There would have been scandals and kind of numbskull things here and there.
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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.
