Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj) Quotes
One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.
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Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
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Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.
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When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.
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I love to read things that I'm sure won't make a movie.
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Think about a guy like Bob Mitchum, with his kind of chest gut not defining itself one way or the other. Was there anybody tougher? Lee Marvin was a marine sniper during the Second World War. They had this sense of themselves, and they had this product of being a man in a masculine way.
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When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago.
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While it's important to accept failure and not let it bog you down, it's also perfectly acceptable to get upset about it as long as you remember that failure is a stepping stone in your journey that is getting you to where you need to be.
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One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.
