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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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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I've had a great time doing it - being able to say yes to a couple of amazing shows.
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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.
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Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone.
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Silence is refreshment for the soul.
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I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.
