Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (Jermaine Dupri) Quotes
Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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Just stay real and stay a real person.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.
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Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.
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Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.
