LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.
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I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
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I'm high energy.
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.
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My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
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Scott Foley was always fun because he's a very funny guy. So I liked working with him a bunch.
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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I love the energy over here in the U.K., the hospitality is insane.
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I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
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I'm not going to give up salt and sugar because I want to look like Adriana Lima. But I am going to work out to make myself feel good in my own body.
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There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that.
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Neurologists have a host of clinical tests that let them observe what a brain-damaged patient can and cannot do.
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We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.
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In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.
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I want to feel the team is playing like I want. If not, why am I here?
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What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.
