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Anika Inspirational Quotes (26)

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I think what's happening in Hollywood is a direct reflection of what's happening in the world right now.
Anika Noni Rose
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We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the meaning of each line, whatever it is. Even the lines that are throwaway may come back later.
Anika Noni Rose
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I think personal power is having the availability to say, 'No' to something, whatever that may be.
Anika Noni Rose
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I rock because sometimes I'm scared and that's alright. I rock because I'm not afraid to cry. I rock because I'm loved and I'm able to love. I rock...I rock.
Anika Noni Rose
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I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.
Anika
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As a person who came from a small town and had dreams of becoming an actor, I know what it's like to have no support system for what it is that you want to do. A lot of people think you don't have a chance.
Anika
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I think New Orleans is such a beautiful city. It looks like a fairytale when you walk through the French Quarter or the Garden District. There is such a lush sense of color, style, architecture - and the people themselves.
Anika
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody.
Manika
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I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
Manika
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It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It keeps building and building when you add the lyrics, the instruments, the vocals until you finally reach the finished song other people can enjoy.
Manika
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I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, and even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess. I just wanted to be a voice.
Anika
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I've always been an all around creative person. Song writing and writing are great ways for me to express myself.
Manika
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I have a lot of friends who are in mixed race relationships who are gay. But I think that the reason it bothers people is because there is not enough representation, even in the straight world, of people loving people who look like them.
Anika Noni Rose
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... but I'm always being invaded by others' souls so I can't see my own soul very well.
Shuntaro Tanikawa
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I always have melodies flowing in my head - whether I'm just at home, at the mall, at a restaurant or wherever. I'm always humming along to the random melodies that form in my head.
Manika
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I get butterflies in my stomach before I perform. I love them! They let me know I'm ready to perform, that I'm ready to rock out on stage.
Manika
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When I was little - like in preschool - I was very shy, but whenever I went on stage I just exploded. Ever since then I knew that this was what I wanted to do. Music has always been a part of me, music is my passion.
Manika
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The seventies was a time when a lot of people didn't tell their children they were adopted.
Anika Noni Rose
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I love going to the beach in the tropics and doing whatever I do - surfing, swimming or being - and the glow when I get a tan that deepens. I walk around with red and gold in my skin and feel like the most beautiful thing on the planet!
Anika
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Regardless of whether or not the producers think that there are five other people waiting for the job, the one that is there needs to be treated as if they are the only person for the job in that moment.
Anika Noni Rose
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There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Beyoncé, Lil Wayne.
Manika
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I feel like if you are going to come to somebody who you don't even know on a worldwide platform, then your idiocy needs to be seen worldwide so it can get smacked down. And that's what just needs to happen with some people.
Anika Noni Rose
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I have someone. He's 25. It's nothing serious.
Tanika Ray
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I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props!
Anika Noni Rose
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