Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Like even the band before Milky Chance, we always wrote in English, but it’s awesome and natural in the way that we listen to a lot of English music always more than German definitely. And it’s just kind of you do what you listen to.
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors.
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I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal
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As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
