Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem) Quotes
I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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By the time I was 29 I'd spent eight years with someone else's group of friends. I had no idea what it was like to be a woman with mates of her own to socialize with.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.
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It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I know this sounds generic, but I'm so happy to be home with my husband, my family, and my dog.
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I'm Angelina Jolie's sidekick in 'Maleficent'. It's cool.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books.
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Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.
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Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.
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You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.
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I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.
