Leona Lewis Quotes
People would ask me, 'what do you want to be when you're older?' and I'd be like, 'a singer', and they'd be like, 'what do you really want to be?' and I'd be like, 'oh, I really want to be a singer.'
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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Stephen King's 'On Writing' is probably the most useful writing book I've ever read.
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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition on ITV for it, and none of the entries were any good, so I approached their manager, Bertie Mee, and asked him if he would let me have a stab. He did, and within a few weeks they were singing it at Wembley on the way to the 1971 double.
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But I think I know just as many creative people who've never taken drugs in their life as I do who have taken a lot of drugs.
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People would ask me, 'what do you want to be when you're older?' and I'd be like, 'a singer', and they'd be like, 'what do you really want to be?' and I'd be like, 'oh, I really want to be a singer.'
