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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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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The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.
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They were two and beautiful and wanted to be something else; love delayed itself to them in the tedium of the future, and regret of what would happen to be was already being the daughter of the love they hadn't had.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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"You can educate a fool, but you can’t make him think. Education is too often about stuffing the brain rather than developing the mind."
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
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I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.
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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.
