LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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Midi is my hobby.
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Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.
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Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree.
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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
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The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
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Taupe? What sort of colour is 'taupe'? It sounds like a Malaysian ground sloth encountered once every fifty years by one of the Attenboroughs wearing long socks.
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All beings come from a mother's womb. We should have a clear realization of the oneness of all humanity.
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I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do.
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We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both discouraging and difficult. A...student (has) massive blocks against new ways of thinking, engendered by some 16 years of mis-education.
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Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.
