Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle) Quotes
I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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The best thing I can say is professional football is a business. When they are recruiting football players, they are not recruiting model citizens. Everybody has to be aware of this. What's being selected for the NFL is the ability to play and perform on Sunday afternoons. Everything else is secondary.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.
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The ability to have influence and create change and drive the strategy of an organization is really what excites me.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well.
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I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.
