Matangi Mudra Quotes & Sayings

The African, because of the violent differences between what was native and what he was forced to in slavery, developed some of the most complex and complicated ideas about the world imaginable. — Amiri Baraka

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun? — Wernher Von Braun

Misbehave more beautifully; more often. — Wayne McGregor

Embrace yourself and do what you can to look and feel your best. Don't put on so many fashion trends that create a ridiculous style statement. Pick and choose what feels good, and flatters your own body. — Camila Alves

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout. — Melvin Maddocks

She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost. — Cecilia Dart-Thornton

After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake. — Ron Ben-Israel

I would think, as an actor, it's just much more fun to be the bad guy. — Karl Urban

I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about relationships or somebody leaving you or something, a lot of lyrics are partly about failed relationships I'd had, but they were also about my Dad, and being abandoned as a kid. — Zachary Cole Smith

Now right here, where the borders of South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya all come together, there's a patch of land, perhaps 14 or 15 thousand square kilometers - about the size of Montenegro - that is contested. This is just some unpopulated marginal cattle grazing country that is a hot soggy sponge in the rainy season and then a scorching hot griddle in the dry season. There are just a few villages, and most of those are just seasonally occupied. — James Wesley, Rawles

You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra. — M.I.A.

If you want to know the strength of a cloth, you inspect the quality of its weave. If you want to understand a person's character, look closely at their interpersonal behaviour or their transactions. — Amish Tripathi

For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing. — Colin Greenwood

Women always think you need a man, you need a father, as if they'd be the slightest use. Men are a dead weight, they're clumsy and maladjusted. — Yasmina Reza

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions. — Haim Ginott

Learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all. — Robin Hobb