T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) Quotes
Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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It's not like I ever sat in my room and said I was going to start a media company and become an editor in chief. It was never my dream. It was something that just happened.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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I am a very selfish person.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.
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They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn't have any costume changes. Following one character's arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset.
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We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.
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My choices in films are spontaneous.
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I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
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Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.
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Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.
