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Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

Janelle Monae

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Janelle Monae
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: December 1
Actor
Ballet Dancer
Chanteuse
Composer
Film Actor
Musician
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer-Songwriter
Kansas City
Kansas
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I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians.
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I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.
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I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.
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I think if people genuinely want to help ... that'll shine through, no matter what color or what race. We cannot see race before compassion.
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