Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) Quotes
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Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
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If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.
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Most of the dramatism in Wagner comes from a very close link between the music and the language of the text. So much of the expressivity of Wagner's music dramas comes from the singers' capacity to play with the sound of the language. This kind of thing you can do very well in concert performance.
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When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
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The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.
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I'm just going to try to stay employed. That's the tough part in this business.
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In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.
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I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.
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I was upset with Delbert, because there he was going again and pushing me out in front, without asking me.
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You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.
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Minus Point:
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From the dawn of the day to the dusk he toiled, Shaping fanciful playthings, with tireless hands, - Useless trumpery toys; and, with vaulting heart, Gave them unto all peoples, who mocked at him, Trampled on them, and soiled them, and went their way.
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I love all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me.
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Museum of Modern Art doesn't have anything to do with what I do. Probably has made some differences in my sales, I wouldn't be surprised. Again, you have to ask other people, because I don't have a measuring device.
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People want to know everyone for a lot of different reasons. It doesn't have to be anything as big as an Oscar nomination. It could be a brand new job. People see their opportunity. And, when you're winning, everyone loves a winner.
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When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him.
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Paris somehow lends itself to conceptual new ideas. I don't know why it is. There is a certain magic to that city.
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No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
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We believe that 95% of your emotions are determined by the way you talk to yourself as you go throughout your day. The sad fact is that if you do not deliberately and consciously talk to yourself in a positive and constructive way, you will, by default, think about things that will make you unhappy or cause you worry and anxiety. Your mind is like a garden. If you do not deliberately plant flowers and tend carefully, weeds will grow without any encouragement at all.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'
