Vanilla Ice (Robert Matthew Van Winkle) Quotes
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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As miserable as I was, once I started singing, I felt better.
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A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.
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I think that there should be options available, quite early on, that if someone is recognised as a disruptive child, for them to be trained vocationally. Maybe if those kids were given the option to learn how to contribute to society on a practical level they wouldn't get into trouble.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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Wave after waveWill flow with the tideAnd bury the world as it doesTide after tideWill flow and recedeLeaving life to go onAs it was... - Natural Science (1980)
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I've never met anybody in this world like me.
