Laura Mvula Quotes
I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
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Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story.
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The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it out week to week in television, it's impossible.
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I am not a madman or a nut.
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Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.
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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
