Santi White (Santigold) Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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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.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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I've been very lucky.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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Three trans women came up to me separately to tell me they had felt such a connection with Ava in 'Ex Machina' and her dream of finally coming to full female fruition. They had all cried; one said she was very emotional during the scene where Ava finally puts her skin on for the first time.
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Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.
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If I hadn't have had music in my life, it's quite possible I could be in here. Or nor even in here, be dead - and I'd much rather be alive.
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In general, people that we meet in person are pretty cool people - always very respectful, just happy to be there, happy to enjoy the music.
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Anyway, I'd get bored with just doing music!
