Laura Mvula Quotes
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I want to try everything.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. 'Use' is a dirty word only when there's an imbalance in the relationship.
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To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.
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If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy, I just want to dance.
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When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building: It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.
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I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
