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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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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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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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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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 is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes.
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Boldness, sensuality and an unapologetic way of showing things, that is part of my films.
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Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking. Whatever it is, it'll pass. Time doesn't go backward. That's the one real blessing. It happened; it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin'.
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Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.
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If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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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.
