J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey) Quotes
I’m somethin’ serious like Crips that bust gats, ignorant with it like Bloods that bust back.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.
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There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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The market for local advertising is in the billions.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
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I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.
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The human race is governed by its imagination.
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My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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VW has held a beloved place in American culture. When I graduated from college, many of my friends drove across the country, and most hit the road in a VW van or Bug. Through the years, these cars have represented youth, freedom and quirkiness.
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In a pine tree behind me, an eagle waits out the rain, hunched into himself, brooding. Crows squabble, a murder chasing a raven. Seals cruise the lines of fishing nets bobbing in the water, hoping for an easy meal, the tender bellies of salmon.
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My red patent-leather, 5-inch peep-toe slingbacks are not mere shoes. They are fine art. They make me feel tall. They make me feel sexy. They make me feel powerful. I call them my 'special-day shoes.'
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I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
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I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.
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It is not possible to remake this country, to democratize it, humanize it, make it serious, as long as we have teenagers killing people for play and offending life, destroying the dream, and making love unviable. If education alone cannot transform society, without it society cannot change either.
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My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted.
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I’m somethin’ serious like Crips that bust gats, ignorant with it like Bloods that bust back.
