I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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More Ice Cube Quotes
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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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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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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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To me, in a perfect world, you have the flavor and the magic of movies like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon and Bad Boys.
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I’m always happy. I’ve just got a mean face.
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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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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 identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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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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You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.
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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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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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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 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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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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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 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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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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I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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Sometimes, when you want to laugh, reality steps in.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.
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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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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.
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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 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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