LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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I think it's very important to have a public discussion about why we're denying our soldiers the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
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When you are playing with a few players in the pocket, it doesn't leave me isolated. I have a bit more space to work and be higher up the pitch.
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But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.
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Not why the addiction, but why the pain.
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All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.
