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.
ICE CUBEMoney 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.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
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I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
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There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it’s like climbing a mountain or building a building. It’s a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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Our household is built on love and respect. And we don’t really let negative vibes stay too long. It’s worked out. I got a great family, great kids.
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I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.
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I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.
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My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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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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You like a woman, she’s got kids, it’s a package. You can’t just go in one-sided.
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I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
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I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it’s already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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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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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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You pay to have a good time, you don’t always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain’t always the place for that.
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I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Don’t talk about death, I’ve got too much life to live, To many orders to give.
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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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When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps.
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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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