Wale Quotes
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000. And it wasn't the right way to handle it.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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What is important is to win.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you.
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I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record.
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It is important to be in the 'we' of the Church, in the 'we' of the life of the Liturgy.
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I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.
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The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
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Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
