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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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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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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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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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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People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.
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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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In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.
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There's a whole bunch of things I don't know a thing about – I just stay away from those. So, I stay within what I call my circle of competence.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
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Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face.
