I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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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You like a woman, she’s got kids, it’s a package. You can’t just go in one-sided.
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Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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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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You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It’s always extra cool… always a treat.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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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’m always the “less is more” guy when it comes to a scene. So I’ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I’m still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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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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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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Don’t get a movie confused with real life. I’m a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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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 make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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I been all around the world and I haven’t found a city that I’d rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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I feel like I got a whole lot of living to do before I think about summing it up in a book.
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Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.
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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 identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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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 wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things.And I guess for the good or for the bad, it don’t matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it’s all said and done.
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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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I know my flavor’s going to work because I just know there’s not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what’s that about you.
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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