Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones) Quotes
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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I wonder sometimes why the U.S. reviewers are more negative towards turn-based battle systems.
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I've got good speed off the edge.
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back.
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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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When I tend to belt, it kind of reminds me of like a more '60s girl doo-wop kind of belting.
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Far too many people, especially within evangelicalism, think that the individual is all that matters, and that the corporate dimension is a distraction or diversion. Of course Christianity is deeply personal for every single Christian; nobody gets lost in the kingdom of God. But you can't play that off against the corporate dimension.
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You are the Truth from foot to brow. Now, what else would you like to know?
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No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
