Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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We must never bend too much.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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In my beginning is my end.
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When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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It is easy to bare your body, but it is difficult to bare your soul. What works for me is that I am not a city-raised boy with city-raised sensibilities. I can play the vulnerable tough man, the guy with a gun in his hand, tears in his eyes, fire in his heart, innocence in him, and in his arms a woman he loves.
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
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There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.
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There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.
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I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.
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I know how it's gonna be when I die. It's going to be no noise, you ain't going to hear people screaming. I'mma fade out.
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I'm not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.
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We cannot solve the problems of America if every time somebody somewhere says something stupid, that everybody gets up in arms and we forget about the war in Iraq or we forget about the economy.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
