O'Shea Jackson, Jr. Quotes
This entire cast, N.W.A, was an all-star group, and I really feel like people are going to look at 'Straight Outta Compton' years from now like this was an all-star cast.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.
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When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
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I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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I definitely have a fear of spiders. Don't we want to embrace our fears?
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This entire cast, N.W.A, was an all-star group, and I really feel like people are going to look at 'Straight Outta Compton' years from now like this was an all-star cast.
