Lemn Sissay Quotes
My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.
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I demo all of my songs on Garage Band, where I pretty much play everything - not very well, but I manage to hammer out a drum beat and a bass idea.
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People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song.
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Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
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My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be.
