Janelle Monae Quotes

One of my mantras is, 'Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.' I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.

Janelle Monae

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MeHairUncomfortableYouUnique

I had a stereotype in my mind of what a 'Star Trek' fans is, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

John Cho

MindWrongMoreFansStarBeen

For my new book 'Pirate Hunters', I follow John Chatterton and John Mattera, two world-class scuba divers, who teach themselves to think and act as pirates while searching for what would be only the second pirate ship ever found and positively identified.

Robert Kurson

BookThinkShipNewTeachFollow

Drawing teaches you to look at things properly and to understand form and structure.

Michael Foreman

DrawingYouLookUnderstandThings

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

Slash

CharacterAlwaysOverYearsUpSome

It's the most unrealistic thing you can do to shoot a close-up, and it's the most unrealistic place you can be as a performer. And yet actors grouse about having to do visual effect shots, but they love doing close-ups.

Robert Zemeckis

LoveDoingYouPlaceShootClose-Up

The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills.

Mary Pilon

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You don't need to know what an antioxidant is to eat well.

Michael Pollan

YouKnowNeedEatWell

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.

Miranda Lambert

EndSomeoneKnowKindMoreUp

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.

Janine di Giovanni

MotherChildMeGenerationWantShe

I hope the next actress offered millions to play the 'fat girl for the day' stops to think about this before she signs the contract - even if just to ask, like any professional actress would in any other situation, 'Why does she weigh 350 pounds? And why me for the part?' If the director can't answer these questions, don't do the movie.

Allison Anders

GirlHopeDayMeThinkFat

I'm not sure the oil producers are enjoying real growth. That troubles me. For experience has shown that oil can be more of a curse than a blessing. And not only in Africa.

Paul Wolfowitz

GrowthBlessingExperienceMeAfrica

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

Scott Weiland

BeautyTrustEqualityBandBeing

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