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Ice T Inspirational Quotes (98)

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I'd say people are victims of circumstances and they're limited to the opportunities that they see. Even though there might be more opportunities, you might not see them. You might just think, I don't have any options. You usually go to the dark side, in that situation.
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With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.
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I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.
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Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you to take the role and make it real.
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You can't just sing the song and live another life.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.
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I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.
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I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, I wanna document hip-hop, as an art form, seeing how a lot of people don't take it seriously.
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Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
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I've never been a cop hater. You know, when I was breaking the law, the cops were the opponent. I just thought I could outsmart them.
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.
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My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.
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Being happily married, I’m more focused on what I’m doing. Ya know, one of my quotes is ‘love isn’t looking somebody in the eyes it’s looking out in the same direction.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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