Janelle Monae Quotes

Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.

Janelle Monae

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GoodMusicChildrenPersonalityFeel

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.

Jello Biafra

FearAgeMirrorPeopleThinkingYou

I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does't mean I'll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film.

Jeff Nichols

GoodConfidenceProcessKnowMean

I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.

Amber Heard

ThinkYouHideWrongSomethingDeny

When I was younger, I was always willing to tell a joke and play out a scene. I would get sticks and pretend they were light sabers. I think it was just at a young age, I was so willing to jump up and perform a little play at the family picnic.

Sufe Bradshaw

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I'm not making music for intelligent people or dumb people. I'm just making music for people.

Stromae

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I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

Ronaldinho

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Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against cable companies like Charter - to advise it in crafting its commitment to network neutrality.

Marvin Ammori

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Yes, 'Black Girl/White Girl' might be described as a 'coming-of-age' novel, at least for the survivor Genna. It is also intended as a comment on race relations in America more generally: we are 'roommates' with one another, but how well do we know one another?

Joyce Carol Oates

GirlBlackAmericaRoommatesKnow

President Trump sees the world in transactional and zero-sum terms - if something is good for China, it must be bad for the U.S. By contrast, economists see the world in much more nuanced ways: if globalization is well-managed, it can be a positive-sum game, where both the U.S. and China gain; if it is badly managed, it can be negative-sum.

Joseph Stiglitz

GoodWorldGameGlobalizationBad

If some student belonging to weaker section of society suffers distress, humanity says it must be addressed.

Arun Jaitley

SocietyHumanityBelongingStudent

When I went through my divorce, I decided that I was going to pray this time for someone. Then, God sent me someone. I prayed for the specific qualities I wanted in a man, and I wasn't going to settle for anything less.

Tina Knowles

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The idea of being a single woman in Hollywood is a very peculiar thing.

Marsha Mason

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