Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
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I love mentoring young girls. I've always been like that.
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People never believe you.
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Inner-life questions are the kind everyone asks, with or without benefit of God-talk: 'Does my life have meaning and purpose?' 'Do I have gifts that the world wants and needs?' 'Whom and what shall I serve?' 'Whom and what can I trust?' 'How can I rise above my fears?'
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Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
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The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.
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When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it.
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I think Russia is a difficult country, and it's very difficult for people to adapt here, especially if they don't speak the language well.
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One of the greatest things that Apple and Jobs were very good at doing was daring to do the very different thing. It's what I did with my cookbook, frankly.
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I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think that most people only make me nervous - that only by accident, and in extremely small quantities, would I ever be likely to come across people who wouldn't.
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Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.
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Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap as more and more artists are emerging with content that some would describe as less than meaningful.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out
