J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) Quotes
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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I hate competition.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment.
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I think they do a great job on Queer as Folk.
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I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'
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Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters.
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My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.
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I'm more attracted to a stronger man rather than a feminine man. Someone who would just throw me down and take control. I love feeling helpless. I definitely like a man who is aggressive and confident.
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I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom.
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New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain works - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.
