Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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People take things so seriously.
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Remaining a pop phenomenon for 20 years without dying or lapsing into self-parody is quite a feat.
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The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it.
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The true function of art is to criticize, embellish and edit nature… the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue penciling the bad spelling of God.
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When I was growing up, in the '80s and '90s, I just never really saw myself reflected in the things that I had a liking for. It makes a difference.
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Life is for living, not living uptight, see ya somewhere up in the sky.
