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Angelique Kidjo
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It doesn't matter what challenge you face, the most important thing is, when you fall, how you rise and how high you want to go, where you want to go from that rise on.
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I want everybody to be happy because, if you're happy, you are more open to other people. Don't let misery bring you down.
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As long as music of mine is not used to preach hate, or to bash women, it's okay for me. If it doesn't promote violence against women, drugs, this and that, use it, go ahead.
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Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.
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We cannot hurt ourselves just for the sake of it. When you hurt somebody you hurt yourself. Down the line, the ripple of it comes back to you.
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I don't care about skin the color, everybody is a human being. Beneath every skin color, you bleed red. That's just the bottom line of the truth.
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If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.
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My legacy is not only about legacy, it's about how we as a human family learn to live together within our difference.
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Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.
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