Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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Actors do like watching girls parade down the runway for some reason.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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It’s one thing to have guts; it’s another to be crazy.
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I just submitted what I had to the 'Octopus Books' contest open reading period, and they said they wanted to publish my poetry book. Then I started to publish more and more poetry because people would ask me to do readings or ask me submit something for their journal.
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The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.
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After a sleepless night the body gets weaker, It becomes dear and not yours - and nobody's. Just like a seraph you smile to people And arrows moan in the slow arteries. After a sleepless night the arms get weaker And deeply equal to you are the friend and foe. Smells like Florence in the frost, and in each Sudden sound is the whole rainbow. Tenderly light the lips, and the shadow's golden Near the sunken eyes. Here the night has sparked This brilliant likeness - and from the dark night Only just one thing - the eyes - are growing dark.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
