Lupe Fiasco Quotes

Faced with the way the system does you in the 'hood sometimes, if you don't literally get out, your chances are slim. You'll definitely die mentally. You'll pretty much die physically.

Lupe Fiasco

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DieHoodYouSometimesWayOut

I think the people who are saying jazz has to sound a particular way, or, 'What you're doing isn't jazz,' are just scared because they can't do it. A lot of them just aren't talented enough to do anything new, honestly.

Robert Glasper

PeopleSayingThinkDoingEnough

We gravitated to the idea of social entrepreneurs when it was a fairly nascent thing. We began to build the organization, focused on investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Not long after that, we realized there was another opportunity to help bring them together and tell their stories.

Jeffrey Skoll

OpportunityTogetherOrganization

It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There's a big advantage to being the outsider.

Amy Heckerling

WordsPeopleLanguageSpeechWay

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.

Alvar Aalto

TimePeopleKnowMoreWhoOur Time

I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny.

Sondra Radvanovsky

FunnyHappyLikeStuff

Music is so intimate and so personal that when you can find somebody that feels the same way about it that you do, it's magic. It can be. It really can be.

Trisha Yearwood

MusicMagicYouFindPersonalWay

In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.

Robert Burns

HeartFireBelieveI BelieveBeen

All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a film on the basis of, 'Is it important enough? Is it serious enough?' It's either alive or it's not for me. If it's alive, I want to do it.

Mike Nichols

ArtMeProcessDecisionsEnoughYou

In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a lot of different things.

Michelle Forbes

LoveAgeBloodTrueBallCreator

I kind of became a gym rat. The more results I saw, the more dedicated I became. It is such a great feeling to see your hard work pay off. I mean, if I'm gonna skip the In-N-Out burgers, there better be light at the end of the tunnel!

Jonathan Lipnicki

WorkHard WorkGreatLightBetter

But most scripts are terrible. Most projects are bad, that's just kind of the way it is. And I'm not really attracted to those.

Don Cheadle

BadKindWayTerribleJustMost

I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

Deborah Kara Unger

LovePeopleUnderstandCruiseOut

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