Kelis Rogers (Kelis) Quotes
Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
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Here’s the bottom line. I promise you it’s entirely legal, and he can’t touch you for it. This is how the laws are written. They’re designed to protect the fortunes of people as rich as you, while throwing the main tax burden on people in much lower brackets.
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People are overweight and starving at the same time. It's a tragedy for both the individual and society.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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University is great, but it wasn't right for me.
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Oculus really started popularizing a new approach using cellphone screen technology, a wide field of view, and super-low-latency sensor tracking. It's not crappy stuff that doesn't work and makes everybody sick. When you experience Oculus technology, it's like getting religion on contact. People that try it walk out a believer.
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Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!
