Sidney Royel Selby III (Desiigner) Quotes
'XXL,' they call me a freshman, but I'm a pro. So, this a platform to let people know I'm out here.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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I had a dream, my dream came true, and my mom was there for me every step of the way. We didn't do this for any other reason. I am so happy she is here to experience this with me. This would not be the same if she were not by my side.
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Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
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Let's face it, I like Stanford grads. I'd always hear about this campus, and everybody is riding bikes, and people hopping into fountains.
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'XXL,' they call me a freshman, but I'm a pro. So, this a platform to let people know I'm out here.
