Laura Mvula Quotes
I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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Young audience, in the age group of 16-33 years, constitutes the main viewership of Bollywood films.
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Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
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Denmark is, like, the flattest country on Earth.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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There's no people like show people.
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I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.
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I would hate to be immortal forever.
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I’ve lapped so long. As you said. It fair takes. If I lose my breath for a minute or two don’t speak, remember! Once it happened, so it may again. (625.27 - 625.29)
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We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.
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I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'
