Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.
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Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.
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Life is God's art.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I admire my fellow judge Paul Hollywood enormously, though we often argue. He believes presentation and uniformity are paramount; I'm more interested in taste. I don't mind if one bun is smaller than the others, or if there's a little pastry cracking, though I don't want a soggy bottom.
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I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style.
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If you let pride stop you, you will hate life.
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It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.
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Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.
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I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.
