There’s a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don’t have that chance to show it.
ICE CUBEI think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward.
More Ice Cube Quotes
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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.
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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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I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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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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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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I am only 33, I’ve got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I’m looking forward to the future and I’m proud about the past.
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I’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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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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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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I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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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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Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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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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