Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of those songs.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.
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If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase crime. In fact, if you get bank robberies in the U.K., they're using scooters.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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I think it's always a good idea to dress as someone you like, as long as it's done in good taste. That's the key.
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Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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Honestly, I don't think we see ourselves as stars. That's what the media tags us as. I personally don't think too much about it.
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Why blow money on a tour bus when you could get your mom a nice dress?
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When the wise plant developer goes into his garden or orchard... his eyes turn always first and foremost to the leaves...
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I didn't realize I wanted to write about D.C. until after 2000. Even though I was a comedy writer, I stayed away from that subject on purpose. It took attaining some distance and perspective.
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Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
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I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of those songs.
