Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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In reality shows, you have to perform once and prove yourself, and after that, it is a process to prove yourself every day.
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I remember being on Atonement and it felt very right to be there. There was so much excitement every day. I remember very vividly how it felt to be a child on a film set, and that is actually really important to hold on to for as long as you continue to make films.
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What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the movies I did, like 'Irreversible' or 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' and a bunch of others, and even in France, they always come out as a particular movie, not like the typical French kind of movies that people know most of the time.
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I found the most difficult thing when you became successful - when I had the record album, it won Album of the Year - that you were cut off from the source of your material. Your material was everyday people, and you were kind of cut off from that, and you had to work at it.
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Today, I would like you to pause, ponder, and think of the value of an immortal soul, especially the ones entrusted to you as parents. Where are your priorities? Have you committed yourself to give the sufficient time necessary to train your children?
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
