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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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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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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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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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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In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.
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More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.
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I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
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I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems and pleasures.
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I don't think there's anybody who's run a campaign like [Donald Trump] successfully in modern history, not that I can think of. And, as a consequence because he didn't have the supports of many of the establishment in his own party, because he ran sort of an improvisational campaign.
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We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly We'll name him history
