Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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I am strictly against remaking a movie.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song sung working the garden brings up from sand gravel soil through straw bamboo wood and less tangible elements Power song for the hands Healing song for the senses what can and cannot be perceived of the soul.
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Objectivity is of the very essence of photography, its contribution and at the same time its limitation
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If you want it bad enough, you have to be willing to fight for it.
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It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.
