Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
I'd like to change what people expect. I want to evoke something that's not nameable, for people to go, 'Huh?'
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One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am.
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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
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We have morons representing us. People who go up and vote for a bill that they have never read - I mean, are we crazy? Are we insane to hand over our government to those kinds of people?
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or bouillabaisse. Various parts of the world will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to - there's tremendous traditions; there's secrecy.
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I always have issues with trust. I'm a New Yorker... Really, I think trust is something that comes from the gut. And I think you have to - it's probably the worst advice to give people - but I think you gotta trust people from your gut.
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I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.
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The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
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We just need everyone to contribute. We feel like this is a whole new season for us.
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Give no time to finding fault of criticism.
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The star of the game obviously goes to Tim Thomas.
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I'd like to change what people expect. I want to evoke something that's not nameable, for people to go, 'Huh?'
