Kanye West Quotes
If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
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No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.
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I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could.
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We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying so.
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I think a good rapport is required between actors for any film.
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I trust microphones, speakers and recordings less and less, and no longer buy into the idea that I can recreate at home, or in my earphones, the experience of hearing live acoustic instruments. The orchestra is already a set of speakers that react differently to each player, each room and each concert - it's that high level of uncertainly and unrepeatability that I like. The music is just soaked into the walls of a room straight from the instruments - and it's a one-off deal. The alternative - left speaker, right speaker - is kind of a compromise.
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If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.
