Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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The struggle to conquer oppression in our country is the weaker for the traditionalist, conservative, and primitive restraints imposed on women by man-dominated structures within our movement, as also because of equally traditionalist attitudes of surrender and submission on the part of women.
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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything.
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And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.
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There can be no doubt on the basis of the written and archaeological evidence that the Christianization of the Roman Empire and early medieval Europe involved the destruction of works of art on a scale never before seen in human history.
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My father's own view was more than entrepreneurship; it was really a passion to build an institution in India.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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Do I believe that God can change bitter circumstances into sweet blessing? Am I willing to let Him?
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I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.