Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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You never realise that you have an impact on people's lives. There are so many girls that go through so many problems and who come to me. I really try and take time to speak to as many people as possible.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher platform.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.
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Oregonians expect the state to prioritize the health and well-being of them and their families.
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I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording a song a day. I wondered if I could do that. So I wrote it.
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When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.
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The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.
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My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.
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[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.
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I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them.
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I'm not the best athlete.
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Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.
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How can you lose when you're doing you?
