Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem) Quotes
I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear!
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I'm a really bad liar.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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Being in London has really taught me how important history is. Just having information of the past. It helps you predict the future, which is all we really have as, you know, humans.
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The truth is, you have about three paragraphs in a short story, three pages in a novel, to capture that editor's attention enough for her to finish your story.
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Talent - really, everyone agrees, it's multidimensional, and often overlooked in standard assessments. That's not hard for people to accept.
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I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear!
