Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.
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I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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Beauty always takes place in the particular.
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I had furthermore spoken on the assumption that Russia would mobilize, whereas the assumption of the German Government had hitherto been, officially, that Serbia would receive no support; and what I had said must influence the German Government to take the matter seriously.
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I was a very, very slow learner. I was good at nothing.
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All you have to do is put me in front of the people and put the beat in front of me, and the rest is history.
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We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly We'll name him history
