Wyclef Jean Quotes
In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'
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I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.
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We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
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My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
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You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it.
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In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
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What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.
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By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.
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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
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Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.
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Last year, we played 12 games that were decided in the last 90 seconds, and we lost 11 of 12. If we win a game when we're not playing well, it's a step in the right direction.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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I've had the same car for five years - it's a convertible Jag which I bought with my own money. It's very Austin Powers.
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
