Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
As a black person on the outside, because there's so much black art and so much of black people's work circulating, so many people imitating what black people do, you would think that there'd be more black people on the business side. It didn't cross my mind that every label head, for the most part, is a white guy.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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My musical career was an accident.
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My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!
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Anyone who says it's so easy to write a country hit and that it's just a formula - well, try it sometime. If it was that easy, everybody would be doing it.
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I've always found that you can control people better if you don't see too much of them.
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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.
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As a black person on the outside, because there's so much black art and so much of black people's work circulating, so many people imitating what black people do, you would think that there'd be more black people on the business side. It didn't cross my mind that every label head, for the most part, is a white guy.
