Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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I'm not sure at all that I'm any good at this mentoring/investing business - that's why I'm using my own money, and that's why it's not a career.
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The greatest million dollar insight I can give anybody is find a big problem and then solve it in a big way.
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A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes.
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Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.
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It doesn't matter how many times I've played 'Brown Sugar', I never get tired of playing it.
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I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
