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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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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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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Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
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She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.
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You don't want me to sing. I could do a really bad karaoke scene, if I had to, but I'd probably choose to rap.
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There is great power in prayer. I strongly encourage personal and family prayer, which are important in building strong families. I'm wondering if many of you parents, you couples, have lost that essential moment of kneeling together at the end of the day, just the two of you, holding hands and saying your prayers. If that has slipped away from your daily routine, may I suggest you put it back-beginning tonight!
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I believe we are here to do good. It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile, to make the world a better place than the one we found.
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My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.
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I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.
