Jay-Z Quotes
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I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?
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I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
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We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves.
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Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.
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I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are.
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I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.
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Life is a gift, love opens it up.
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Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time.
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We change people through conversation, not through censorship.
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I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of record again or else I'm going to lose it all. That's how you end up making the same song over and over.
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I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!
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I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that.
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I look in the mirror, my only opponent
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Men lie, women lie, numbers dont
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Nine to five is how ya survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love it alive
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You shared one of the most intimate things that ever happened to you - falling in love with someone who wasn't brave enough to love you back. Your relieving yourself of your 'secret' is as much about wanting to honestly connect as it is about exhibition. We are all made better by your decision to share publicly.
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I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.
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I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.
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Ain't nothin' wrong with the aim, just gotta change the target.
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You can pay for school, but you can't buy class