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 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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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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Millions of Bible-reading Christians who today call themselves charismatics do not believe in health and wealth teachings.
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I am bowled over by the massive number of remarkable people who face down the fact that no, they are not going to be film directors, famous artists, or billionaire entrepreneurs and still come out the other side as cheerful, decent, gracious human beings.
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You must have your heart on fire and your brain on ice.
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Men are much more agressive with their advances.
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For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.
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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!