Mika Quotes

• I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

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  Mistake, Stupid, Why Not

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• Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

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  Thinking, Lunch, Dresses

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• I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

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  Song, Moving, Writing

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• When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

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  Clubs, Way, Another Way

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• The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

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  Boxing, Territory, Stage

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• I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

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  Records, Midlife, Crisis

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• I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

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  Stubborn, Mouths, Mules

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• It's very hard to find men's clothes that do what you want, especially when you go through them as quickly as I do. I need them to be flashy, but I never like to be overdressed. I need to make a statement, but I hate wearing too many clothes.

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  Hate, Men, Clothes

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• The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

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  World, Way, Serious

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• During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.

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  Kings, Fear, Writing

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• In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.

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  Goes On, Facts, Wanted

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• In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

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  Gay, Past, Role Models

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• I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.

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  People, Reason, Not Interested

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• If I really like the smell of something - a piece of tar or my goddaughter's plastic doll - I put a tiny piece in a bottle with a label. I keep them in a fridge in my bathroom.

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  Smell, Dolls, Labels

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• I kinda flirt with everything and everyone, no matter if it's a tree or a coffee cup. I can't resist.

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  Coffee, Flirting, Tree

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• Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)!

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  Jobs, Self Esteem, Hygiene

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• A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.

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  Taken, Men, Decision

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• Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.

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  Slavery, Spirit, Hopeless

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• I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.

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  Teenager, Loner, Littles

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• So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.

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  Heart, Past, Men

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• So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes.

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  Believe, Heart, Eye

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• I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.

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  Struggle, People, Listening

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• Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea.

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  Night, Sea, Hot

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• Live your life until love is found Or love's gonna get you down

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  Love Is, Live Your Life, Found

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• I can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.

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  Insane, Junk, Pieces

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