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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I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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I have 250 contacts, employees, and investors who, anytime they come across something relevant, will share it with me. I wake up to 10-15 links that people have explicitly recommended for me. I don't have to look for news anymore; it flows to me.
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I'm willing to work with all parties to reform Indonesia.
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The crowning blessing of life-to be born with a bias to some pursuit.
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Literature has low enough standards. But we can avoid writing the worst literature if we make ourselves ask ourselves, every two or three sentences we write, 'Is that what I really think?'
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I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.
