Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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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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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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You have to allow your mind to create and then if you want to censor something and bring it down or point it in a different direction, then you can do it.
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Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
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You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but your eye.
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I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.
