Stormzy (Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo) Quotes
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I think about food literally all day every day. It's a thing.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
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It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.
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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
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I'm definitely a Tory. My dad was a Conservative councillor, and I spent years as a child knocking on doors with him. I'm a Tory because I'm passionate about business and enterprise. But I am also a compassionate Conservative. There should always be a net through which no one should fall.
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Part of my problem as a young writer was that I was too much a New Yorker, always second-guessing the 'market.' I became so discouraged that I decided to write something that would please me alone - that became my sole criterion. And that was when I wrote 'Forgetting Elena,' the first novel I got published.
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I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.
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When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was bewildering.
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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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For me, it's nice to know they want me to go.
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I don't want to do things because it will please other people. I'm not doing this to get fame or any attention. I try to be selective about who I get advice from. I would like to contribute to the art world, but, you know, you can't plan these things.
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Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face.
