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 don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'
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I want to show how strong and smart women are. We go through so much. We need to see that on screen. Those female parts are not many, but they are out there, and I have to find some. I want that chance.
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When you have an emotion you are recruiting a variety of mechanisms that came in the long history of evolution, long before emotions arose, and those mechanisms all had to do with how an organism manages its life.
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I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.
