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You have to constantly redefine who you are.
M.I.A.
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M.I.A.
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 18
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Ventura County
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Mathangi Arulpragasam
Maya Arulpragasam
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My statements aren't incomplete, they're just in-progress. It's a debate and a discussion.
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Everyone has that moment where they just rebel.
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I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyones perception of me.
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Whoever's inside is inside whoever's out is out.
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I don't have a community like a black community to belong to [with] a musical platform that's been built for years and years and years, or the film-making culture, and I don't have the white one to belong to.
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I'm not sticking up for white kids - I'm going to have a barrage of hate mail - but it's true. If you're poor, you're really poor.
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