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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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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If you look at 2009, why did the recovery happen? Recovery happened because somebody in the world's largest economy opened the tap: the U.S., followed by Europe and now Japan.
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If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others want may not be good for you. You are not being mean when you say NO to unreasonable demands or when you express your ideas, feelings, and opinions, even if they differ from those of others.
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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.
