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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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
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I had a mouse in my apartment and I couldn't sleep for two nights. I hate mice. They move so fast.
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Hip-hop kind of absorbed rock in terms of the attitude and the whole point of why rock was important music. Young people felt like rock music was theirs, from Elvis to the Beatles to the Ramones to Nirvana. This was theirs; it wasn't their parents'. I think hip-hop became the musical style that embraces that mentality.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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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.
