Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel (Seal) Quotes
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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Los Angeles can be a really sad city.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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I was never a big-company type of person, and my ideal job was to be self-employed. The ironic thing is you work a lot harder for yourself than you do for anybody else.
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I think it's fascinating to look at a world that an author has created that has sort of stemmed from the world now, and usually dystopian books point out something about our current world and exaggerates a tendency or a belief.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
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With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
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I don't believe in God.
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I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
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The keener the want the lustier the growth.
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I won't say I am a strict mother, but discipline is important. Timing and routine are important for kids.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.
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I have a PC because I don't know how to use a Mac. Actors always have Macs with them, and when I try to use someone else's, I can't get the hang of it. It's very strange; I don't like it.
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The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness.
