Marina and the Diamonds Quotes
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I'm still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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I've forgotten what it's like to remember. I've lost the mindless confidence that a moment, an idea, a thought will be there for me later, the bravado of breezing through experience in the certainty that it will become part of my self, part of my story.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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There's blood in my mouthCause I've been biting my tongue all week I keep on talking trashBut I never say anythingAnd the talking leads to touchingAnd the touching leads to sexAnd then there is no mystery left
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Oppression is the essence of power.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
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As for environmentalism, I'm only an environmentalist by accident. I live in New York, so I bike, and the closest grocery store to me sells organic produce. I also shop with a book bag because I ride a bike, and it's hard to carry the paper or plastic bags.
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Nobody will admit to playing power games in relationships, but they do.
