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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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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We could try freedom for a while. We had it for a long time. That's where you sell something, and I agree to buy it because I like it. That is how we operate in most of rest of the marketplace other than health care.
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All my favourite pop songs are the most stupid ones, the ones that are the most obvious.
