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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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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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.
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...how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?
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From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello.
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Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.
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I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
