Kiesa Rae Ellestad (Kiesza) Quotes
As an artist, I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from all these great musicians that came before me, when some people have nobody that came before them.

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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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The world needs some help.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy?
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.
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I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.
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One of the reasons that our colleges have gotten so expensive is because of tenure.
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Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.
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I simply wanted to advance the field of artificial intelligence so that computers could do what they do best (organize and analyze information) to help people do what they do best, those inspired leaps of intuition that fuel original ideas and breakthroughs.
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As an artist, I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from all these great musicians that came before me, when some people have nobody that came before them.