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" I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident. "
Grace Jones
Singer
Never
Thought
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" The problem with the Dorises and the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool, then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent. "
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" Sometimes we'd have to climb a tree and pick our own whips to be disciplined with. When you had to pick your own whip, you knew you were in for it. "
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" To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it. "
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" When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic. "
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" When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house. "
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" I only move forwards, never backwards, darling. "
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" I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does. "
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" I feel feminine when I feel feminine. I feel masculine when I feel masculine. I am a role switcher. "
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" Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say, 'Is your granny black?' "
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" I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions. "
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" My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic. "
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" Yelling between people in love is normal. "
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Yelling
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Love Is
" I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. "
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Not Perfect
" I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway. "
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You
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" Fear is fear of fear, I think. "
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Fear
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" I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go. "
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Down
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" You don't do oysters and red wine together. That's a no-no; you just don't do that. I love a nice white wine with oysters. "
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" I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them. "
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" I like conflicts. I love competition. I like discovering things for myself. It's a childlike characteristic, actually. But that gives you a certain amount of power, and people are intimidated by that. "
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" It's the nature of man to give and receive - to be man and woman, all in one. "
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