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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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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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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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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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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A book is either autobiography or a novel.
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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
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Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.
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I knew that modeling could open doors, and I would be able to travel and forge my own path. Being able to support yourself is amazing, and I think that was one of the things that appealed to me, but I didn't want to be in front of the camera at first.
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Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.
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Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.
