Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if we do, we put ourselves in a position where we're not marketable or where we can't win.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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We never did these kinds of loans that really started this mess, the subprime loans. We just never got into that business. We were enticed a lot of times to do so by a lot of Wall Street-type players, but I, frankly, never understood some of this stuff.
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Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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People would pay money to work at CNN.
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When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
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I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.
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Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.
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This feeling of accountability, which is encompassed by the first great commandment to love God, has been described by some as 'obedience to the unenforceable.' [John Fletcher Moulton.] We try to do what is right because we love and want to please our Father in Heaven, not because someone is forcing us to obey.
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There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if we do, we put ourselves in a position where we're not marketable or where we can't win.
