M.I.A. Quotes
I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.
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My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.
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The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
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No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it.
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I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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Whole phases of comedy have become empty; the comic rejoinder has become every man's tool.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?
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We see that coming back in the fourth quarter and going on into next year.
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Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.
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I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.
