Yael Naim Quotes

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens.

Yael Naim

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 6, 1978

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Is it exploitative to get the victim of an unimaginably horrific crime to talk on my show 'Crime Stories?' No, it's crucial.

Robert Rinder

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Most film productions, when they're based at a place, they get, like, a 30-mile radius or a 30-minute radius to get out of the town. And once you go past that, your day starts to become shorter, and you have to start paying your drivers more, and everybody just gets paid more, and you have less time to shoot, and everything costs more.

Jeff Nichols

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I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.

Steve Forbert

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I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.

Aman Mojadidi

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Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.

Tom McCarthy

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Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama?

Rob Portman

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Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste and dedication to craftsmanship in everything they do. They also merge the traditional and modern aspects of their culture so well.

Ronny Chieng

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The world is not uni-cultural. We must live together rather than seeking to dominate each other. The people in the world cannot accept domination anymore.

Mohammed Morsi

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I think half the battle is just being comfortable in front of the camera - and I already am, doing so many videos and interviews, so then it just takes that extra step of trying to get into character.

Ludacris

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I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority.

Lois Frankel

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Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

Julia Sawalha

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A selfish man is a thief.

Jose Marti

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