Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire) Quotes

I'm trying to go to places where people wouldn't normally, to try to get some new fans.

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• My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

  

  Bailee Madison
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Inspired

• I talk every day about doing the right thing.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Day
  • Doing The Right Thing

• I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Think
  • Negative
  • Nostalgia

• I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Men
  • Women
  • Creativity

• Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

  

  Patrick Ewing
  • Door
  • Step
  • First Step

• My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.

  

  Yanis Varoufakis
  • Hope
  • Political
  • Revolution

• Any competent actor could have done what I did.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Done
  • Actor
  • Did

• We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.

  

  Gary Frank
  • Character
  • Book
  • Best

• Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.

  

  Ian Botham
  • Up
  • Together
  • Emotions

• I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Trying
  • Grow
  • Buttons

• As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Food
  • Control
  • Living

• A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Being
  • Walk
  • Himself

• He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Opinion
  • Will
  • Against

• For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • Childhood
  • Short
  • Homework

• You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Learn
  • Try
  • Stronger

• We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Mission
  • Jewelry

• I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have a lot of nonsense to work out of your system.

  

  Edie Sedgwick
  • Life
  • Work
  • Start

• Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.

  

  Allan Houston
  • Life
  • Live
  • Success

• What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

  

  Chinua Achebe
  • People
  • Different
  • Country

• He once told a reporter he wanted his obituary to be short - 'just make it born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917'.

  

  Jascha Heifetz
  • America

• A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.

  

  Doug LaMalfa
  • People
  • Heart
  • Church

• I enjoyed entertaining people since I was a little girl. There was nothing better than making people laugh. That, and the need to express myself in a safe environment.

  

  Amy Weber
  • People
  • Girl
  • Environment

• This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy.

  

  Marsha Blackburn
  • Important
  • War
  • Gentleman

• I'm trying to go to places where people wouldn't normally, to try to get some new fans.

  

  Hakeem Seriki
  • People
  • Fans
  • Places