Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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I'm not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.
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I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever.
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I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.
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Quantum physics is no longer an abstract theory for specialists. We must now absolutely include it in our education and also in our culture.
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I've got to take responsibility and be a representative, not only for the Steelers but myself, my family. I've got to be smart.
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Frankly, health care and politics are 'inextricably intertwined.'
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We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.
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I think life is precious from beginning to end.
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So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.
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The status quo leads to self-destruction.
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A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
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I think there's a huge lack of political artists in America, and I think it really speaks to our consumeristic culture and how people are driven to be financially successful here. It's such a shame that we don't have people who are more inspired than that.
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Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.
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Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.
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The father, the mother and the teacher are the three primarily responsible for moulding the future of the country.
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It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbours as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
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Jesus is a personal symbol of the Holy Spirit. Having been totally healed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus became one with him. Every thought, action, and deed of Jesus was guided by the Holy Spirit instead of ego.
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Guess I'm going to fade into Bolivian.
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Orthodoxy is a fixed habit of mind. The average man and woman hug their orthodoxies and spit their venom on those that outrage them.
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The only living life is in the past and future - the present is an interlude - strange interlude in which we call on past and future to bear witness that we are living.
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When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?
