Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem) Quotes
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
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If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you.
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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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For me personally, I try to use my size to my advantage where I can either slip by guys or try to create more space for myself.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.
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Entertainment and art are not isolated.
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Only one thing makes a man a man. He loves his wife, is faithful to her, and puts his wife and kids as the most important things in life.
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One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.
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When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
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Thematically, I like playing with the ideas of stuff that you try to bury, and you think will go away, but instead you carry it with you until it becomes crippling. And sometimes you have to look back and deal with some stuff in order to truly move forward.
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Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
