SZA (Solána Imani Rowe) Quotes

I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.

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• I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

  

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• The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.

  

  Hank Johnson
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• Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
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• During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.

  

  J. G. Stedman
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• When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.

  

  Damian Loeb
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• I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.

  

  Usher
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• An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.

  

  Adam Michnik
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• I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

  

  Harold Ramis
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• You cannot put 50 years of the Marvel universe into a movie. It's impossible.

  

  Edgar Wright
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• I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.

  

  Orlando Bloom
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• Humanity has experienced many revolutionary changes over the course of history: revolutions in agriculture, in science, industrial production, as well as numerous political revolutions. But these have all been limited to the external aspects of our individual and collective lives.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
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• I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
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• Medicine may be the lens through which I see the world, but since I think of medicine as 'life +', a place where life is exaggerated and seen at its most vital and poignant, I'll be writing about life more than I will be writing about medicine.

  

  Abraham Verghese
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• I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

  

  Barry Commoner
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• 'Our savior will resurrect us,' said Peggy, 'but I haven’t noticed that Christians end up any less dead at the end of life than heathens.'

  

  Orson Scott Card
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• For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

  

  Annie Besant
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• And since the day I left Milwaukee,Lyncheburg and Bourbon, FranceBeen makin' a fool out of folksJust like you,And helpin' white people dance.I am medicine and I am poison.I can help you up or make you fall.You had some of the best timesYou'll never remember with me...Alcohol.

  

  Brad Paisley
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• A lot of Viners do more relatable stuff, but I try to stay away from that. I try to maybe take a relatable situation and Bach it up.

  

  King Bach
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• I love connected culture.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• There's no choice left in America anymore. Anything that's authentic and genuine, anything that grew out of any sense of tradition, is wiped out. We're left with this bland monoculture that's swept over the whole country.

  

  Terry Zwigoff
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• My hip-hop fans are a little spoiled - they want a particular level of lyricism and energy that I'm known for. When they don't get that, it takes a little time for them to open up to it. But electronic fans are as free as the music. On social media, they were so excited and loud; they're in awe.

  

  Terrence LeVarr Thornton
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• No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.

  

  Loretta Lynn
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• 'Pretty' is not the amount of makeup on your face or the shirt you're wearing or the size of your pants - that is false.

  

  Lauren Alaina
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• I was raised orthodox Muslim. Very sheltered, very conservative.

  

  SZA