Michael B. Jordan Quotes
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.
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Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.
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We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women.
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I can't say what I'm going to wear all the time. The minute that I say that, then there's something in me that tips off and then I need to break out of that.
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In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.
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I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves.
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Commercials used to have such a serious tone to them or a really corny tone.
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I was making so much money I didn't care. I didn't know what to do with the money.
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I don't want to have to look good all the time - that's not realistic.
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You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
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I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of.
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My music already has this oldish kind of quality to it, like you don't necessarily know what era it was recorded in, so it all kind of felt surreal and weird. Night after night when I played live, I was really trying to figure it out in real time, and I still don't know what effect I'm going for or what effect I actually achieve. Looking back, I feel like it would be arrogant of me not to appreciate the fact that I've been able to do whatever I want and still have an audience come see me.
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A person's job is to feel.
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I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.
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As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.
