Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.
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Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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One of my pleasantest memories as a kid growing up in New Orleans was how a bunch of us kids, playing, would suddenly hear sounds. It was like a phenomenon, like the Aurora Borealis -- maybe. The sounds of men playing would be so clear, but we wouldn't be sure where they were coming from. So we'd start trotting, start running-- 'It's this way! It's this way!' -- And sometimes, after running for a while, you'd find you'd be nowhere near that music. But that music could come on you any time like that. The city was full of the sounds of music.
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I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city sort of aren't aware of manners and other ways of life and 'common decency.'
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People think it's very strange because I love whale watching - you don't see whales a lot where I'm from.
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I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
