Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Sr.) Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I don't do negative things.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.
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Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.
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I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.