Fabolous Quotes
Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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While I knew that individuals had in history - and still could - make a difference, it seemed presumptuous - even pompous - to imagine that I could be part of it, that I could be one of them.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.
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Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial.
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I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer.
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I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.
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I'm not really into rap.
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Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence.
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I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.
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Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...
