Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It’s not racism and “this-ism” and “that-ism”; it’s our thirst and hunger for money. And that’s where all the bodies are buried.
ICE CUBEDon’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that’s how I started my career.
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I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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The best thing I’ve done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.
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You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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There’s things people say in the barbershop they won’t even say in their own living room, because it’s just one of those zones where nobody’s going to judge you too much about your dumb opinion.
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You don’t wanna mess up what you’ve done. It’s like Jordan coming back: You’re scared to mess up the legacy.
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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it’s only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.
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Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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Don’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.
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I’m not actually from Compton – I’m from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I’m there all the time.
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