Umar Quotes
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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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I'd love to return to theater.
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In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
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When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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For personal use, I recommend the free and open-source Truecrypt, which comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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I remember what it was like to be doing 'Lost' and how creatively immersive it was. I just couldn't really engage on anything else, other than 'Lost;' I was just thinking about it all the time, and then there was just the pure workload, the 70- or 80-hour weeks.
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I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'
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But I don't mind, I'm a bit of a touring animal. When I'm on tour that is the greatest thrill for me, playing to a live audience.
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American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without.
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No country can become an E.U. member state if it introduces the death penalty.
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Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
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In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.
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Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.
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With love, even the rocks will open.
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He who wins through fraud is not a winner.
