Obie Trice Quotes
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
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When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled, and you're treated with kid gloves. Everyone is like, 'Can I get you some water?' or 'Can I put on your slippers?'
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A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
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I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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Recreating the experience of, say, bereavement in my own head is pretty rough. I was used to switching off from emotions every day of my working life as a journalist, but in fiction, you have to feel it 100%, or else it's a flat experience for the reader.
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Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.
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The business model - where books can be returned, and where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable - is archaic and wasteful. Writers get small royalties, little say in how their books are marketed and sold, and simple things like cover and title approval are unheard of unless you're a huge bestseller.
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Robespierre listened to me with terror. He grew pale and silent for some time. This interview confirmed me in the opinion that I always had of him, that he unites the knowledge of a wise senator with the integrity of a thoroughly good man and the zeal of a true patriot but that he is lacking as a statesman in clearness of vision and determination.
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Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
