Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
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Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.
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My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of three movies - 'Caddyshack,' 'Animal House,' 'Beverly Hills Cop' - on rotation. Our comedy, our personalities were set watching 'Sesame Street': these really sort of wacky, Jim Henson-y characters.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law just because they are responsible for upholding the law. Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely, just like what happened to Laquan McDonald.
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So far it's 43 books in 25 years.
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To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.
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Worry makes you sick. Worry less, live as long as you like.
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I had imposed unspeakable worry on my husband, Paul de Bendern, on more occasions than I could count.
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I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
