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Rokia Traore Quotes

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality:
Birth: January 26, 1974

Topics

Music Step Listening Loved Playing

Nude scenes aren't fun.

The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

Man Youth World View Him Improve

When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

History Time Think Facts You Know

A lot of life is about trying to turn bad experiences into something good. Usually if you work at it, you can figure out a way to do it. Even our worst misfortunes are gifts.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

Life Work Good Trying You Bad

You can write a script, but that's just a starting point as a cartoonist. The heart of the process comes when you start to draw it, and you work out how to lay the page out, how best to tell the story.

Work Heart Best Start Story Process

The main thing during a crisis is discipline, to begin investing in time again after the crisis subsides.

Suleyman Kerimov

Time Discipline Crisis Begin Again

I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

Love Guitar Rock Absolutely Also

I've been paying a lot of money in state income taxes, and I've been happy to do it, but when this last thing happened, this 50 percent increase in the tax rate, it was just too much.

Money Happy Too Much Tax Taxes Last

Sometimes it's all about the casting.

Sometimes Casting About

I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.

Great Job People Performance Help

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.'

Creative Curious Writing You Play

I went and worked for my dad after school. I'd show up late and stuff like that.

School Late Up Show Like Stuff

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