Kendrick Lamar Quotes
The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
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When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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'SNL' doesn't have a traditional writer's room. On Monday, there's the pitch meeting with the guest, and I played that like it was stand-up.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
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We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.
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Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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I am a nerd among nerds.
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There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.
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My relationship with God has gotten so much stronger. He's always had his hand on me. He always guided me. I didn't always go where he wanted me to go. But He always had me. Now that I'm actually listening and being obedient, life is so much better.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
