Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem) Quotes
You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he's speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he's a brother from the 'hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I'm like, 'Woo! You look like you're from London. Oh my God!' It's like everything on him changes. He's so cool!
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I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.
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The reason I've been groundedand able to make albums, is because I've allowed my friends to come with me and voice an opinion. That's who keeps you grounded, the people who have known you longest.
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You've got to be the best at what you can do - be the best at it! And the best has to be the best; you can't just fiddle around and hope.
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He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable.
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Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men
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You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.
