- Good Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have kids as cute as mine - offsetting my features - you need to highlight them.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard enough to make a plan for how you are going to spend an evening with somebody else. So to make a plan for how you are going to behave in 25 years seems based on a view of life that is incomprehensible to me.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.
- Exact Opposite
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It's style, individuality, confidence. We exude that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything's pretty consistent in the industry, you know. There's a couple of naysayers, whatever, people who don't agree. But for the most part a lot of people believe in the new class of MC's that coming to the game.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to switch up my cologne every two to three months, get a new wave - Dolce, Versace, Burberry. But Black Orchid, that joint stayed. That's the smell of beauty that stays on you... and girls love Tom Ford.
- Insult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think athletes in general are actors. We perform in front of big crowds. People pay to come see you play. So, people come see you to basically act.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you set goals and you reach those goals in mid-August and early September, there's nothing to look forward to. You sort of lose your drive.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.
- Headquarters
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- Nov 07, 2020