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I have no idea what my teacher’s intentions were – whether she was trying to inspire us or if she actually thought visiting her Manhattan brownstone with her view of Central Park qualified as a school trip.

Jay-Z

I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it’s towards, aren’t I committing the same sin as someone who profiles?
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Against Community Discrimination Judgement Kind Make Matter Same Sin Snap Someone Toward
The burden of poverty isn’t just that you don’t always have the things you need, it’s the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you’d do anything to lift that burden.
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Always Being Burden Day Embarrassment Every Feeling Life Need Poverty Thing
When I came into the music, I was forced to be a CEO. I was forced to be an entrepreneur; I was forced to… because I was looking for a deal. I didn’t have this grand scheme of starting a record company and then morphing into a clothing empire.
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CEO Clothing Company Empire Entrepreneur Force Grand Look Morphing Music Record Scheme Starting
Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don’t have that microphone or who can’t rap.
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Believe Lot Microphone More Much Myself People Primarily Rapper Really Voice
Music is everywhere – you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It’s only fair.
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Compensate Consume Content Creator Day Every Everywhere Fair Music Only
As kids we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
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Aspire Being Complain Going Kid Lifestyle Made Move Poor Rich Talk
My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to ‘Roc-A-Wear’. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of ‘Roc-A-Fella’ records, which lead to Def Jam.
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Influence Know Lead Lifestyle Music Passion Wear
You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that’s from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter.
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Being Bright Brighter Fighter Freedom Glow Look People Someone Try
Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great.
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Belief Everything Foundation Great Know Mean Oneself
I don’t sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that’s different.
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Album Around Ever Friend Money Rap Record Talk
Providing – that’s not love. Being there – that’s more important. I mean, we see that. We see that with all these rich socialites. They’re crying out for attention; they’re hurting for love. I’m not being judgmental.
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Attention Cry Important Judge Judgment Love More Out Provide Rich See Socialite
We wasn’t allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.
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Allow Gallery Inside Make Music Stadium Street Writing Yankee
My first album didn’t come out until I was 26.
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Album Come First Out Six Twenty Until
I have no idea what my teacher’s intentions were – whether she was trying to inspire us or if she actually thought visiting her Manhattan brownstone with her view of Central Park qualified as a school trip.
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I’ve said the election of Obama has made the hustler less relevant. People took it in a way that I was almost dismissing what I am. And I was like, ‘No, it’s a good thing!’
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Country Election Hustler President Relevant Said
I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I’ve always had to manage both. I couldn’t get a record deal. It wasn’t by choice – I couldn’t get a record deal, so I had to figure it out.
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Album Always Artistic Both Executive First Manage Producer

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