M.I.A. Quotes
I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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Yes, iD is a machine vision and sensor browser for the physical world. That's what we have been working on with Coca-Cola, Verizon, Bank of America and Disney to launch content when an image is recognised.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
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Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.
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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
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I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, 'We don't know what this is!' The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester.
