Jay-Z Quotes

You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool?

Jay-Z

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Men and women have served and died to protect American democracy, but their sacrifice will be for naught if that democracy dies from the poison the Supreme Court has injected into our political organs.

Jennifer Granholm

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I guess I'm odd-looking. I'm skinny. But I'm not only skinny - I'm oddly shaped.

Andy Dick

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Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.

Andrew Cohen

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I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

Melissa Etheridge

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We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

Robert M. Hutchins

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It was always about the story rather than the character.

Jean Dujardin

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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.

Anais Nin

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In the sweep of history, George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 9/11.

Ronald Kessler

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Mother is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, 'Why isn't life turning out the way we want it?'

Mary Kay Blakely

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Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years.

Martin O'Malley

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Something I always admire, especially in female comedians, is that they're willing to make themselves look terrible.

Jorma Taccone

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The Lord doesn't care at all if we spend our days working in marble halls or stable stalls. He knows where we are, no matter how humble our circumstances. He will use - in His own way and for His holy purposes - those who incline their hearts to Him.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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