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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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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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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My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.
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There's a lot of black men running around with crazy trauma scars, and they should be going to therapy. They should be sitting down and talking to people. But they can't. If you've got the armor of being a man, and the armor of being a black man, that hyper-masculine thing can make those scars deeper.
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My boss at Christmas was a lot of fun: "I want you to look in your pay envelopes and you'll know that I keep the Christmas spirit around here. Because in each and every envelope you'll find ... snow."
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I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law. Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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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?'
