Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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I feel like we all have our skeletons.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a lot of ways, we're sort of the anatomy of a '70's rock band if you examine what we do: white guys who grew up listening to soul music from the '50's and '60's.
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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.
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My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to what he was experiencing in New York.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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Despair is the only cure for illusion.
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All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.
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People know me for my work with Aventura, and for that, I am grateful.
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I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.
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Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose.
