Kimbra Lee Johnson (Kimbra) Quotes
People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can do crazy things with.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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I look up to Rihanna and Rita Ora. They obviously wear a lot of gold jewelry and have this urban feel to them.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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I always try to look for the hidden face of the character, the hidden face that we all have.
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
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I'm really awkward when people recognize me. I'm not good at it, and for the most part it hadn't happened to me until 'True Blood,' and then, all of a sudden, it started happening all the time.
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Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.
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Three worldly things have been made dear to me: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and reading the Qur'an.
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People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can do crazy things with.
