Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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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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In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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My father is a very successful man in the corporate world, and I am his only son. He had certain dreams for me. I was scared to tell him that I wanted to be an actor.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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I'm a total loner. I can't even answer texts or take my phone with me when I'm working!
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Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
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There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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While I accept that large investment rounds will always garner headlines, it's almost as if the magic number of how much cash you've managed to raise has become both a stamp of approval and the main metric for gauging a business's true worth.
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My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.
