J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) Quotes
I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I think we speak to a certain mindset, and it's about, you know, inspiring people who are progressive thinkers who want to see change.
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There are a lot of spikes that can happen when what you're doing starts to get attention or people start to talk about it. They can just kind of really do a number on your reasons for making music.
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I'm a Republican. I'm a former Red Sox. I have a nasty habit of talking - a lot - about anything anyone asks me and totally unconcerned about giving you my opinion. You will never question where I stand - right or wrong, agree or disagree - on anything.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
