Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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It has been suggested that those of us who are fighting to defend liberty - fighting to turn around the out-of-control spending and out-of-control debt in this country, fighting to defend the Constitution, it has been suggested that we are wacko birds.
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only because international donors have stepped in.
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New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.
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What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.
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I don't run the triathlons anymore like I used to. I do leg work on the machines and do the bike. I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I'm still good.
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The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.
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I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.
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Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap.
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In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life.
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I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of America.
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I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes, I listen to Indian music quite often, and other non- film music.
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My aunt was so attuned to commercials that she could always identify the voiceover actor.
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I am not a spokesperson for the trans community, I am not. The media kind of projects me as being the spokesperson, but from my standpoint, I am not. I am a spokesperson for my story, and that's all I can tell.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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I'm very tech-forward. However, I also think hitting the pause button is not a bad thing, and really connecting with people one-to-one viscerally, having a connection with someone, is really important.
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I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.
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I started out as a novelist and wrote several novels before deciding to publish one, and I fully intend to go back to the form.
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It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.
