M.I.A. Quotes
I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
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Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.
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I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
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I do not have any pets. We travel too much.
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People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what's going on, hearing new things or new old things.
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I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form.
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The deflation, or flattening out, of values in Modern art does not necessarily indicate an ethical nihilism. Quite the contrary; in opening our eyes to the rejected elements of existence, art may lead us to a more complete and less artificial celebration of the world.
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I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything.
