Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes

I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC.

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• Talent is very hot.

  

  Oscar Isaac
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• I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Work
  • Want
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• Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Strong
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• I've had a lot of seedy side jobs. I've done it all. I've worked retail at the mall, just tons of side jobs, which I think are amazing for actors. I think everyone should have one! It helps you get more experiences, and the more experiences you have, the more you can channel into a character.

  

  Olesya Rulin
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• The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.

  

  Tawakkol Karman
  • Men
  • Women
  • Together

• Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • Thinking
  • Effort
  • Enemy

• I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Kids
  • House
  • Small

• The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Great
  • Business
  • Lesson

• I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Believe
  • I Believe
  • Inspire

• Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Man
  • Human
  • Demons

• You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • People
  • Sometimes
  • Listen

• There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

  

  J. Tillman
  • Music
  • You
  • Risk

• 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.

  

  Patrick Carman
  • Job
  • Best
  • Author

• I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Play

• The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Time
  • Man
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• I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Money
  • Through
  • Some

• If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Fun
  • You
  • Rhythm

• What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • God
  • Religion
  • Tradition

• I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.

  

  Yandel Wisin & Yandel
  • Work
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• The insolence of wealth will creep out.

  

  Samuel Johnson

• ...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person who insists on having a penny without God, wants to have a penny all for himself. He thereby chooses mammon. A penny is enough, the choice is made, he has chosen mammon; that it is little makes not the slightest difference. The love of God is hatred of the world and love of the world hatred of God.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • God
  • Desires
  • Chooses

• When you do business with people you need money. When you do business with God you need faith. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God.

  

  Reinhard Bonnke
  • God
  • Money
  • Business

• A council to a magistrate, who is himself responsible for what he does, are generally nothing better than a clog upon his good intentions, are often the instruments and accomplices of his bad and are almost always a cloak to his faults.

  

  Alexander Hamilton
  • Good
  • Bad

• I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC.

  

  Jay-Z
  • God
  • Lyrics
  • Saying