Ayana Mathis Quotes

I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to come, and that it's all really mystical and mysterious. In reality, sometimes you have to fake it till you make it.

Ayana Mathis

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• I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds, choir sounds, and then you can multi-task with all these orchestral sounds. Through the magic medium of technology, I can play all kinds of sounds - double bass and stuff.

  

  Bat for Lashes
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• We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • World
  • Country
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• Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.

  

  Carlo Collodi
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• The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
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• It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • People
  • Music
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• Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

  

  Natalie Merchant
  • True
  • Worry
  • Yourself

• Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Opportunity
  • Film
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• Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

  

  Laura Marano
  • World
  • Kids
  • Power

• Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Done
  • Law
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• That should probably be written:  no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon

  

  Larry Wall

• Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)

  

  Neil Peart Rush

• I love playing. The keyboard is my journal.

  

  Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.

• If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.

  

  Deepak Chopra
  • Money
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  • Insurance

• It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.

  

  Jimmy Rushing

• People say to me all the time, 'When did you know that you had fully become an American?' And I say, 'The day I realized I loved peanut butter.'

  

  Ana Navarro
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• A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.

  

  Bill Walsh
  • Reality

• After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and I realized I wanted to go back to the music I fell in love with when I was eight years old.

  

  Emm Gryner
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• If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.

  

  Adena Friedman
  • Opportunity

• I don't have a publicist, I don't go to events, I don't do magazines, and it's just not my life.

  

  Diora Baird
  • Life

• I was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place.

  

  Kate Moss
  • People
  • Small
  • Waiting

• "Forget Barbie, f-ck Nicki she's fake. She's on a diet", but my pockets eating cheese cake.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • She
  • Fake
  • Eating

• I'm waiting for the alarm clock to go off and I'm going to wake up, ... I can't believe how well things are going. This is a dream come true.

  

  Arthur Ashe
  • Up
  • Believe
  • True

• I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to come, and that it's all really mystical and mysterious. In reality, sometimes you have to fake it till you make it.

  

  Ayana Mathis
  • Waiting
  • Fake
  • Consistent