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 was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.
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I can barely turn on my computer!
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I know of nothing more moving, indeed semi-tragic, than the yearning helplessness in the face of a dog, who understands what is said to him, and can not answer!
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.
