Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle) Quotes
I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.
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Inside, I've got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.
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I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.
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Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.
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Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.
