DMX (Earl Simmons) Quotes
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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'Love Don't Let Me Down,' which is the original title of 'Country Strong,' was just as difficult emotionally as 'Tron' was physically. I play a country singer that basically gets on tour with Gwyneth Paltrow's character, who is one of the biggest country stars out there, and she's fallen down too many times and it's an intense emotional story.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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I was in Kenya when I read 'Catch-22,' and I associate this book that has nothing to do with Kenya - whenever I think of 'Catch-22,' I think of Nairobi.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.
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I am permanently relaxed.
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.
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One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.
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I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
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Have you ever visited the factory farms? Well, I have seen them. I've seen the chicken ones, which are quite horrifying. And I have put my head in others. But the whole thing nauseates me more than I can tell you. To see meat produced in that way made it impossible for me to eat meat.
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The old woman was not only ugly with the ugliness age brings us all but showed signs of formidable ugliness by birth - pickle-jar chin, mainsail ears and a nose like a trigonometry problem. What's more, she had the deep frown and snit wrinkles that come from a lifetime of bad character.
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My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.
