M.I.A. Quotes
My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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Broadway is really my life.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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Only 7 percent of NFL fans have ever been inside an NFL stadium.
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I'm a hot mess when it comes to any physical activity. My body just pours sweat. Not a lot of people know, but I always have my trusty inhaler with me. When I start to have even a little bit of an asthma attack, I just start dripping sweat. It's my body's emergency system.
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Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.
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I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.
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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
