Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
We all have the same fear, the fear of failure. We all have the fear of failure…as someone successful the weight of all that you’ve done is on you.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.
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I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.
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Regional interest rate differentials persisted until around the time of World War I and helped shape the attitudes of Americans living in western areas toward the nation's financial system.
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Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.
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Sometimes if you start a relationship when you're young, you're not as fully developed as a person. You need a relationship that lets you develop in different ways. You need to bounce off different people.
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Running has been almost my savior.
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I don't know what Russell Moore's politics really are. I don't know if he is a closet liberal or if he is a conservative.
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I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.
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Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened to and heard and thus are able to effect change on an international level.
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I think Illium can take care of himself.” “Not if he keeps flirting with you.” A fine, almost elegant tendril of heat, champagne and sunshine, decadence in the light. “Raphael’s not the sharing kind.
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I know what it feels like to be bullied, and I will not tolerate the thought of anyone, for any reason, being bullied. It starts with young people and can end with young people. As we learn to embrace our diversity, we become stronger, more tolerant. The differences are beautiful. The differences matter. It's what makes life an adventure.
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Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.
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I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.
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Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!
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We all have the same fear, the fear of failure. We all have the fear of failure…as someone successful the weight of all that you’ve done is on you.
