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Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

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Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.

Emeli Sande Songwriter

I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.

Emeli Sande Songwriter

Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

Emeli Sande Songwriter

I wanted to make an album that melodically people can connect to; something that reflects our times and the kinds of difficulties we face.

Emeli Sande Songwriter

Those kids aren't dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don't get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.

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Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

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I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.

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I'm 23 but I got a brain like I'm 32 man, switched the numbers around. Smart kid too, straight-A student, I was just a class clown.

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