Ernest Dion Wilson (No I.D.) Quotes
Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Scotland is the best place in the whole world.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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She ran off with my plunge router guide. How am I supposed to build that scale model of the Taj Mahal out of cherry wood without my plunge router guide?
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I am working again on my painting 'Moscow' 'Moscow I' ('Mockba I'), 1916. It is slowly taking shape in my imagination. And what was in the realm of wishing is now assuming real forms. What I have been lacking with this idea was depth and richness of sound, very earnest, complex, and easy at the same time.
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Being a dad changes everything for the better and I’m really enjoying it.
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Lives are saved when those potential killers are confronted by a police officer, a strong police presence and actual, honest-to-goodness, up-close 'What are you guys doing on this corner at 1 o'clock in the morning' policing. We need to be careful it doesn't drift away from us in the age of viral videos, or there will be profound consequences.
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These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.
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Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.
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Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes, I mean, at all hours of the night, I had like, two calls this morning and I keep calling saying I haven't got a daughter!
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If I'm spending time on something, I may as well do good as opposed to average.
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While the majority of my childhood memories are beautiful, I also have experienced the challenges that Nigeria has faced since independence.
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I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.
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I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life.
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God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
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Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success. it taught me to see things for what they can be. I had 17-inch arms; I imagined them to be 24 inches. The power of my mind allowed me to achieve what I imagined.
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Hell will be filled with people who were avidly committed to Christian values.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.
