J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) Quotes
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When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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Of course, when strangers see me, they're star-struck because of who I am, but my friends take me as a friend because I'm their friend - not because I'm a movie star.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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I eat to live and not the other way around. As a vegetarian, I'm not at all fussy about food and can make do with anything.
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I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
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Sudan expelled bin Laden on May 18, 1996, to Afghanistan.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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“We don’t want to get known as doing our old stuff. We want to do the new stuff.”
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I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.
