M.I.A. Quotes
There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you can, and you don't have to put it through the process of having it be trendy or cool or generic pop or these types.
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I injured myself politically when I took on Jesse Jackson' in the 1988 presidential campaign. I was too strident. I didn't recognize the emotional tie that he had with all black voters.
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I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter. I thought that this electric typewriter was about the most fascinating toy in the world - I liked the little bell and the sounds and the feel of the keys and especially the erase key.
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I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
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I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both.
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There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you can, and you don't have to put it through the process of having it be trendy or cool or generic pop or these types.
