T.I. Quotes
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I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.
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I like my beat down low, and my top let backCan see me ride 24's wit a chopper in the back
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We are the benefactors of too much sacrifice and blood, sweat and tears to allow petty differences and trivial discrepancies to continue to separate and divide US, while we are being used, exploited and conquered.
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I don't think there's anything wrong with sitting down with people as long as you understand that there are needs to be met and purposes to be served.
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I always tried to work hard and stay focused, and just use one opportunity to contribute to the next.
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We must work to reshape the need for our children to want to live so fast even if it means dying too young.
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Whatever column you fall in - Christian, gay, straight, Black, White - there is no world where people exist that are exactly like you. No one group of people can righteously rule the world. There will be people who differ in opinion, and even in that difference of opinion, we must respect each other.
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Turn yo stomach to spaghetti when it hit the groundToss the choppers in the chevy then we mashin downCamelton, countin' all yo Benjamins and HamiltonsAs far as I'm concerned you just a job for the janitor
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You see somewhere along the way, we've allowed the pursuit of fame and things to blind us to the issues that prevent us from moving upward.
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All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity, manage to conquer ever obstacle, make impossible possible. Even when winning's illogical, losing is still far from optional.
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When you ask me who I look up to and who I can admire for their style right now, I have to choose from people that represent what I represent stylistically.
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I know what it's like to feel hopeless and to feel like you're not good enough just because of where you're from. I know what it's like to be profiled and to be abused by the police. I know what it's like to be racially profiled, treated unjustly and abused by the police just because of how you look.
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I'm not going to do red jeans. No green jeans. I don't do Vans and that's the style right now. I don't want to show my socks when I'm wearing jeans.
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Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that you’re celebrating?
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It is imperative for US to parent our children and educate them outside of the school systems, as our education system was not designed to lift US out of oppression.
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I think that at the end of the day, when people understand the circumstances that led to the circumstances, they begin to sway their views.
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I wasn't nervous at all. I applied the same amount of efforts to the love scenes as I did to the skating and the acting and everything else.
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We can no longer afford to be entertained beyond the point of accountability. We can't keep selling each other out and be willing to do anything to be seen, to be famous or to be rich.
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It's only five rappers out of Atlanta who bussin and I'm one of 'em; the other four you know who you are; but if you gotta think twice (well) shawty ya ain't nice; regardless of ya publishin' deal ya can't write
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As far as from a standpoint of success, the only person who is in a position to make a claim like that sort [for the 'King Of The South' title] would be Lil Wayne - as far as success from a numbers standpoint. As far as longevity and success, that's the only person I feel like can say that.
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You can't go through the kinds of things I've gone through, as much as I have, without re-evaluating yourself and making adjustments. And you can't endure these horrendous circumstances without developing a certain level of strength and wisdom.
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I'm by no means a perfect human being. I experience more than half of my life perpetuating darkness. That was because I was dropped in a place of darkness and expected to find a way out.
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Even when I lose faith in myself there is something in me that speaks through and says I am not finished yet.
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I always knew that there were huge opportunities for me, and that I had a lot of potential to do a lot of different things, but I also knew it was about my execution and my application of skills.