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Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born on February 20, 1988, she rose to international stardom with her debut album 'Music of the Sun' in 2005. Known for her versatile musical style, which blends pop, reggae, dance, and electronic elements, Rihanna has numerous chart-topping hits, including 'Umbrella', 'Don't Stop the Music', and 'Shut Up and Drive'. She has achieved significant success in music, fashion, and business, being named one of Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' in 2012.

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“I threw my hands in the air and said show me something. He said, "if you dare come a little closer".”

Hope Frustration Hopelessness

Author:Rihanna

“It’s like you’re screaming but no one can hear. You almost feel ashamed that someone could be that important, that without them, you feel like nothing. No one will ever understand how much it hurts. You feel hopeless, like nothing can save you. And when it’s over and it’s gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good.”

Music Video Rihanna We Found Love

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“She's Beyoncé, and I'm [Jay-Z's] new protégée. When we see each other we say hi. We're not enemies, but we're not friends friends.”

Enemy Not Friends

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“Genetically my legs are supposed to be huge. I can't really think about it, or I'll go crazy.”

Thinking I Can Crazy Huge Legs Supposed To Be

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“While in America beautiful is skinny, in Barbados it's thick - girls with huge butts and nice curves.”

America Beautiful Girl Nice Huge Thick Curves Skinny Barbados

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“Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end.”

Ends Sticks Oath

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“My knees on the ground, dear father, don't let me break, please make me stronger.”

Funny Father Break Please Let Me Stronger Dear Knees

Author:Rihanna

“My new one (tattoo) says 'Never a failure, always a lesson' and is kind of my mantra to life, just a reminder. My life is just a crazy rollercoaster every day and whenever I read that it just reassures me.”

Kind Life Is Crazy Lessons Life Lesson Tattoo Reminders Mantras Roller Coaster Reassurance Reassuring Rollercoaster

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“I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.”

Want Years Long Used Night Steps Dad Research My Dad Flying All Night Ufo

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“The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own.”

Knows My Own Risk Fashion Figures Shopping Daring Thrill Twisted

Author:Rihanna

“If I wasn't a singer, I think I'd be studying to be a psychologist.”

Ifs Thinking Study Singers Psychologist

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“I don't think I could walk down the street wearing bubbles or a dress made of ham. What Lady GaGa has done has been kind of amazing. I am the opposite. I wear clothes I would wear on the street. I'm all about a real look.”

Thinking Looks Kind Has Beens Made Real Done Walks Streets Clothes Opposites Dresses Bubbles Ham Gaga

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“I have an ugly day every month; pimples on my face, I'm fat and in a bad mood. It's more like an ugly week!”

Faces Week Months Ugly Mood Fats Bad Mood Pimples

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“Don't be afraid to be yourself just because you're not like everybody else in class. If you want to dye your hair green and that's what makes you happy, then dye your hair green, no matter what other people might say about it. Not everybody is going to like you - that's the world we live in; that's reality.”

People Ifs World Want Matter Reality Might Class Like You Hair No Matter What Green Being Yourself Make You Happy

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“I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People want to shy away from the truth and keep sweeping it under the rug. But after a while, you pick up the rug and there's just way too much dirt, so you might as well just be up front about it.”

People Thinking Way Want Wells Might Too Much Fronts Honesty Picks Ultimate Liberation Shy Dirt Sweeping

Author:Rihanna

“You will never be stylish if you don't take risks.”

Ifs Risk Stylish

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“I try my best to avoid the sharks of life, but I have had my share of experiences with them, and in those cases I just have to handle them accordingly. But I do not swim with sharks ... sharks swim with sharks.”

Trying Cases Share Handle Swim Sharks

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“The way I dress depends on how I feel. I never have to psych myself up. Usually it just feels like it works.”

Way Feels Depends Dresses Psych

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“Music and fashion go hand in hand. I think music inspires all types of arts; it inspires life, emotion, mood, and all of those things are reflected in my fashion and my style. One doesn’t go without the other.”

Thinking Art Hands Emotion Fashion Style Inspire Type Mood Hand In Hand

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“I have friends from rock stars to Rastas; I don't even know what an unexpected friend is.”

Knows Stars Rocks Unexpected Rock Star Rasta

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“The music is an important and crucial part to an animated film. You don't think about it, but you can watch Tom and Jerry with no words, for hours, and the music dictates the emotion and where the story is going and how you're supposed to feel. Everything is in the music.”

Thinking Feels Important Stories Film Hours Emotion Watches Music Is Crucial Toms Animated Jerry Animated Films Tom And Jerry

Author:Rihanna

“Anything that feels familiar and comfortable [is home]. It's wherever I feel safe and safest. Most of the time, that's just Barbados. It's warm, it's beautiful, it's the beach, it's my family, it's the food, it's the music. Everything feels familiar, feels right and feels safe. So, Barbados is home for me.”

Feels Home Beautiful Safe Comfortable My Family Warm Familiar Beach Feels Right Barbados

Author:Rihanna

“Something is wrong with Eminem. He has so much in his mind that I almost feel lucky that he has music. I feel like he has so much in his head that music is such a great release for him. He is one of my favorite artists. Absolutely.”

Feels Mind Artist Lucky Music Is My Favorite Release Favorite Artist

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“Whatever it is, it feels like it's laughing at me Through the glass of a two-sided mirror.”

Feels Two Laughing Mirrors Glasses

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“Sometimes you just need your privacy.”

Needs Sometimes Privacy

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“I hate drama. But at the same time, nothing bothers me more than when life's perfect. And that's the sick part. I just love a challenge, whether it's a relationship, my career, clothing.”

Hate Challenges Perfect Careers Drama Sick I Hate Bother Clothings

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“I wouldn't want to promote teenage girls having sex. But the reality is, it's happening, and they're just a little too young to understand how careful they need to be. That's a big battle with me, because I'm 23, and a lot of my fans are eight years younger than I am, so there's a bit of a tug-of-war there. I want to set the right example and, at the same time, live my life.”

Want Needs Years Littles War Bigs Reality Young Girl Sex Bits Fans Example Battle Happenings Careful Eight Teenage Living My Life Having Sex Teenage Girl Tug Of War

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“I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.”

Want Feels Art Fun Stars Roles Rocks Models Pops Having Fun Role Models Rock Star Pop Stars Just Want To Have Fun

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“I absolutely do prefer a dominant guy. I play a very dominant role in my life, in every other aspect of it. And I like to feel like a lady still, at some point. I feel like that's the time when a guy really gets to be a man, and I get to be a woman. And if I'm being a man in the bedroom too, there's nothing really in it for me.”

Ifs Men Feels Stills Play Guy Roles Aspect Bedroom Dominant Be A Man

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“I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.”

Way Feels Made Home Would Be Poor Careers Successful Grew Mom Grew Up Average My Mom Neighborhood Barbados

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“Fashion for me is another way I get to express myself creatively. It is one of the fun things I get to do: to play dress-up, and create outfits and looks that aren't typical. I am an artist, so I like creating things. Shoes are my favorite thing.”

Way Looks Play Artist Fun Fashion Creating Dresses Shoes My Favorite Typical Another Way Favorites Things Outfits Fun Things Creating Things

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“In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself.”

People Years Firsts Two Wanted Certain Sound Black Natural Dark Careers Cutting Color Hair Clothes Red Lips Communicate Labels Two Years Restraint Lipstick Hair Dye

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“I have always loved kids. They are little adults with so much personality, and it is fun to work with that. Whether that means donating school supplies or medication, or [using my celebrity] to get them a bone marrow transplant, I want to help.”

Want Mean Littles Helping Kids School Fun Personality Adults Bones Supplies Medication Marrow Transplants Bone Marrow

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“I am never satisfied; I always want more. I always want to get better. I always want to climb another step.”

Want Steps Satisfied Get Better Climbs

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“Any man that tells me what to do is sexy!”

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“Only one party sticks out in my mind as a kid. It was the best party ever. I was 5 years old, and my mom dressed me up in a church dress and stockings to go to the party and park.”

Years Mind Kids Church Party Mom Dresses Sticks My Mom Parks Stockings Best Party

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“Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.”

Feelings Lines Love Is Fine Boxes Affliction Leaving Me Great Love Wanting More

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“If you want to do something for Jah, then dont associate with people who do nothing”

People Ifs Want Associates

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“If someone is right for you, you'll know it.”

Author:Rihanna

“I want to be the black Madonna.”

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“I like Toronto; the people are really chill.”

People Chill Toronto

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“I just really wanted to be myself. I wanted to be sassy, the attitude, all these things that I am.”

Wanted Attitude Sassy

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“I don't ever want to have to depend on a relationship. I think it's a really special thing to find love. It's beautiful. Nothing can match it. But I want to make sure that I find other things in life that I love besides . . . love.”

Thinking Want Beautiful Love Is Special Depends Things In Life Finding Love Special Things

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“There's not any religion or any culture or any race or any generation that cannot get AIDS or HIV. We all have to take responsibility for ourselves and get tested to know our status, and spread the word.”

Knows Culture Race Responsibility Generations Spread Aids Tested Taking Responsibility Hiv

Author:Rihanna

“HIV/AIDS has been a big epidemic for my generation, it's been around for as long as I've been alive.”

Long Has Beens Bigs Alive Generations Aids Hiv My Generation Epidemics Hiv Aids

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“As a young female I think it's important that young people know there's nothing wrong with having fun, nobody is telling us to be square or be boring, but we have to be safe.”

People Thinking Knows Important Young Fun Safe Female Boring Having Fun Squares

Author:Rihanna

“Young people, we have this thing about us, this invincibility, because we're young and we're growing up and we want to have fun, and we want to be crazy, and nothing's wrong with that unless you're not being responsible.”

People Want Young Fun Growing Up Growing Crazy Responsible Having Fun Being Responsible Being Crazy Invincibility

Author:Rihanna

“It's hard to imagine, but we cant think of HIV/AIDS as being somebody else's story. It could be any of ours.”

Thinking Hard Stories Imagine Aids Cant Hiv Hiv Aids

Author:Rihanna

“To me makeup is a major accessory. It can change an outfit, it can make the outfit, it can be the outfit, and that's why I like to play with it.”

Play Majors Makeup Accessories

Author:Rihanna

“Lipstick can glam up a whole look, especially in red.”

Looks Whole Red Lipstick Glam

Author:Rihanna

About the Author

Born: February 20, 1988
Known for: Recording Artist
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