Usher Quotes
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.
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And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.
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I was 24 when I was embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit. This was 2014, long before, en masse and on social media, we said #MeToo and #TimesUp. At the time, I felt completely alone. Visceral, hateful online harassment from strangers left me paranoid and anxious for years afterward.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
