Janelle Monae Quotes

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.

Janelle Monae

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PeopleThinkAnythingFemale Artists

We have two day-parts, lunch and dinner. We don't have breakfast. We don't have drive-thru. We don't have late night. We don't have 24-hours.

Steve Ells

BreakfastLunchDinnerNightLate

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Stephen Covey

DailyCharacterPatternsConsistent

Fashion is a strange world sometimes. Amazing, but strange.

Solange Knowles

AmazingWorldFashionSometimes

I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it.

Robert Wilson

WalkThoughtStandYouNeverSure

Now is the time for Afro-realism: for sound policies based on honest data, aimed at delivering results.

Mo Ibrahim

TimeDataResultsNowSoundHonest

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Liv Tyler

BirthdayAgeThoughtEnoughYouOld

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

Logan Pearsall Smith

CourageTreeFeelYouWantMissed

People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.

Jose Aldo

PeopleMeMediaNobodySayAnything

Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.

Johnny Mathis

MusicBestPastI AmPeopleWorld

'Romeo & Juliet' is still relevant and real.

Douglas Booth

RealRelevantStillRomeoJuliet

I didn't realize - you think you are doing a movie but then you realize it's a Columbia Pictures movie so it's probably going to have some publicity. Then you see a billboard and it's like, 'God! I'm on a billboard!' It doesn't hit all at once, it kind of unravels itself and it's still unraveling.

Chris Evans

GodThinkDoingYouPicturesKind

You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.

Bobby Lashley

DayFightPeopleEnd Of The DayEnd

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