Kanye West Quotes
Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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The future of time, of how it's won or lost, endured or enjoyed, expanded or compressed, will depend on how it's valued, not how it's measured.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that.
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When I was on 'Idol' and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.
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My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!
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Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
