Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (Coolio) Quotes
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
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I've had horrible days where you wake up with a zit, and you have to film, and it's terrible.
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God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
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As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.
