Kelela Mizanekristos (Kelela) Quotes
There are no black women geniuses that are being named in canons. I could name a bunch, but it's not part of common knowledge. It's not how the world is taught to think about black women.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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If the Rolling Stones are playing a concert across town, that's not my audience anyways. But I do find that there's a lot of people coming back around to see me again.
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I've always had confidence issues; I just get scared of doing things wrong.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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Girls are socialised in ways that are harmful to their sense of self - to reduce themselves, to cater to the egos of men, to think of their bodies as repositories of shame. As adult women, many struggle to overcome, to unlearn, much of that social conditioning.
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My advice ... is that in selecting fish, perhaps at this juncture, it would be wise to select freshwater fish and other chilled fish from other parts of the world.
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There are no black women geniuses that are being named in canons. I could name a bunch, but it's not part of common knowledge. It's not how the world is taught to think about black women.
