Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I am not carefree. I'm just not. I experience an immense amount of joy, a crazy amount of joy through sadness and so much struggle. There's something problematic about 'carefree black girl.'
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kelela Mizanekristos 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lance Reddick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kat Dennings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vanilla Ice 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Leather pants are my guilty fashion pleasure. I have at least 10 pairs in navy, red, white, dusty pink, grey, suede and black. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abbey Clancy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabriel Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I see the Calvin Klein girl as strong, fun, and confident. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hanneli Mustaparta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavia Spencer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yanis Varoufakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Bernard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best compliment we ever got about the show was from a Korean veteran who was unable to talk about his war experience with his wife until 'M*A*S*H.' While watching the show, he was able to lean over to his wife and say, 'See, honey, that's the way it was.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Burghoff 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Elder