Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
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If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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When we perform music at TV shows, we always try to do something that's not scripted because anything that's a surprise for the audience and the crew and the other performers, it works better on camera and for the people back home, too.
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I don't believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making. If it's there it's got to add to it or take it to another level.
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Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.
