LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
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In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
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It's hard no to work, so I find a way to put myself back to work. And I think it's important, in between projects, for me to sit down with who I've just become and allow her to continue to evolve and find a home inside me before I go and become somebody else. But I think I also need to learn to relax and not prepare too much, just enjoy life. I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.
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I have new music coming out. I'm working on some television shows. I still do a tremendous amount of concerts. I'm doing my restaurant. I got a club coming in New York. The restaurant is called Doug E. The club is called Fresh.
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When you sit in meditation, feel the joy in your soul.
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I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.
