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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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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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Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.
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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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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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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 think there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.'
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I love romance films, especially between people of color, because we don't really explore that enough. I would love to do that.
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We are happy to announce that immediately after the president empowers me to put together a government we will start coalition talks ... to establish as quickly a possible a government with the Labor Party as the senior partner.
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The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.
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There's this secret Korean taco/cupcake truck I go to. To find it, you have to bring a hard-boiled egg to this deli in Bushwick where they give you the address.
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I’m somethin’ serious like Crips that bust gats, ignorant with it like Bloods that bust back.
