Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry is we don't have sufficient tools to do that, but we're not willing to say it.
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The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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The Swiss can be very difficult.
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My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
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I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.
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Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
