Trick Daddy (Maurice Samuel Young) Quotes
I used to hold back because people would get offended, but now I'm like, 'You're going to hear me, regardless. Whether you accept what I have to say or not is on you.'
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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It had been almost 30 years since the LPGA has played in Mexico. We are definitely looking forward to playing there next year and also coming back to play in Mexico in a month or so.
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Shorts wager on price declines by selling shares that they have borrowed in the hope of buying them back at far lower prices.
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I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.
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It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.
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A friend of mine and I would go to this dirty little bar in Toronto that has karaoke every Tuesday night, and one night, we noticed that the only other person in there was Derek Jeter.
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'Move Bitch!'
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Jerry Cantrell talking about Chris Cornell at the press room of the Rock and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. YouTube (April 14, 2018).
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Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist and you're taking risks, then you're doing something right if some people don't get it.
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I was one of the only people of color at my grade school and also my high school. It's weird recollecting on my childhood, I think, because my brothers are all white. We all share the same father but different mothers. I guess I kind of associated white, but I was occasionally reminded in a really negative way that I wasn't.
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I used to hold back because people would get offended, but now I'm like, 'You're going to hear me, regardless. Whether you accept what I have to say or not is on you.'
