Kele Okereke (Kele) Quotes
I’ve been into clubbing for years. I’ve said from the beginning I’m into dance, it gets me excited and I think this record is going to go some way to prove that to people, hopefully.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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What people don't realize is that Tinder built a brand on more than the experience of the swipe.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.
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People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD. I love order and organization. I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks, and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Now that's OCD.
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People do think you're more intelligent if you have dark hair. But my husband definitely prefers me as a blonde.
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Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.
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If the only reason people are coming in and doing anything in your office is because you're giving them a paycheck, I'm not sure you have the most productive workplace there.
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I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.
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I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.
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Somebody has to be prepared to be the good guy from time to time in order for the human race to prosper, though most people don't want it to be them.
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself.
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When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.
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It's always interesting researching characters and as I get older and the more that I work in this business, I do more and more of it because I realize how important it is.
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I’ve been into clubbing for years. I’ve said from the beginning I’m into dance, it gets me excited and I think this record is going to go some way to prove that to people, hopefully.
