Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (Jermaine Dupri) Quotes
I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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If you follow the lead of the artists, they will take you places that you could never go on your own.
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I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
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It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
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People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.
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I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
