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 grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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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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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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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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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
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I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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I'm so southern Ohio. And Cleveland is a different world, you know?
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My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.
