Terrence LeVarr Thornton (Pusha T) Quotes
The crafting of lyrics is really a task, and when it comes to street culture, I don't feel like anyone else articulates it better than me.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I've already got notebooks full of ideas for new music, so I'm gonna kind of nurture that just like I do all of my ideas and perfect it until it's ready and then I'll just let it go.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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The sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By man is cursed alway.
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There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.
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The worse the news, the more effort should go into communicating it.
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The crafting of lyrics is really a task, and when it comes to street culture, I don't feel like anyone else articulates it better than me.
