LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.
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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.
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Don Marquis came down after a month on the wagon, ambled over to the bar, and announced, 'I've conquered that goddamn willpower of mine. Gimme a double Scotch.
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My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my son walk into kindergarten at a school in which he was the only Jewish child out of 600 students - and this in the middle of the Bible Belt.
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When I was little, I used to watch Disney movies all the time, and it drove me crazy that Cinderella's tights wouldn't gather at her ankle when her foot bent, so I kept trying to make sure that I didn't get those little creases on my ankle because Cinderella didn't have them.
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Teaching high school in an inner-city school is not an easy task. Every teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. The amount of work is just mind-boggling. Remember, you're not just doing a job. You have these kids' futures in your hand; you have to inspire them.
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I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
