Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
Garry Kasparov
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I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.
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Terrorists are people, too - they are given to error. Naipaul and then DeLillo do a good job in their novels of drawing this out: I'm thinking of DeLillo's contention in 'Mao II' that terrorists have replaced writers as the people who 'alter the inner-life of the culture.' I thought that was marvellous!
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I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
