Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
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In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
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I have no artistic sensibilities. I wish I did. It is probably really cool. I have work habits and work ethic. For me, all the things I do are jobs.
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All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result.
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It is impossible to encircle the hips of a girl with my right arm and hold her smile in my left hand, then proceed to study the two items separately. Similarly, we can not separate life from living matter, in order to study only living matter and its reactions. Inevitably, studying living matter and its reactions, we study life itself
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The liberty of the individual to do as he pleases, even in innocent matters, is not absolute. It must frequently yield to the common good.
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No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.
