Wyclef Jean Quotes
For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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The world is too violent right now.
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I don't really go out at all.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.
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I really love learning and working long hours.
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I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.
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For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.
