Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
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I'm not graceful.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.
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There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.
