M.I.A. Quotes
I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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There's nothing fun about 30 people standing around watching you, like, pretend to pleasure someone. Nothing enjoyable about it, believe me.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.
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I have a great office.
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There is a moment in your story when you can pinpoint the exact time you fell in love, be it with a place or a person. I can remember both like it was yesterday.
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The biggest problem is the funerals that don't exist. People call the funeral home, they pick up the body, they mail the ashes to you, no grief, no happiness, no remembrance, no nothing. That happens more often than it doesn't in the United States.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the people I love, my career and family life, the fact that I have children and the way that I raise them.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
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The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.
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The quality of life of European cities and towns of almost any size make life in America look not just like a joke, but a sick joke, a horror movie. But I'd rather stay involved and do what I can to make this a better place than move to the south of France and enjoy the good life.
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As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women's failure to understand their own lives and interests, the gender gap won't go away.
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Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for using our stories, so we can keep checks and balances alive and continue to provide the search engine with our stories?
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
