Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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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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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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I don't think most people who listen to music are that interested in all the work that goes into making it. It's the artist you like.
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I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.
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I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
