Sean Paul Quotes
'Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.
Quotes to Explore
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.
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I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.
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Being a good race car driver is one thing, but to take all the time commitments and all the pushing and pulling and learning when to say no - because you need to rest or focus on the things you need to do to make the car go fast - those are the hardest things to learn and the most distracting things to learn.
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Not many people remember this, but in the first 'Death Wish' film, Charles Bronson doesn't actually go after the people that hurt his family: he just goes after every punk. He just blows them all away.
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For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly, to fit the people for social life - to make them good citizens. And who is to say what are good citizens? The government: there is no other judge. And who is to say how these good citizens may be made? The government: there is no other judge. Hence the proposition is convertible into this - a government ought to mold children into good citizens, using its own discretion in settling what a good citizen is and how the child may be molded into one.
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'Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.
