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There had to be a better way - if I couldn't find it, I wanted to create it.

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Curtis Jackson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 6
Actor
Boxing Promoter
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what comes around goes around.
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My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'
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I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster.
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I was surrounded by too many people who felt that they had a strong sense of entitlement. That I owed them something.
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Hate it or love it, the underdogs come out on top.
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A thug is what I want and a thug is what I need. And my friends don't understand, and I think it's jealousy.
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Sleep is for those people who are broke. I don't sleep. I've got an opportunity to make a dream become a reality.
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In Hollywood they say there's no business like show business. In the hood they say there's no business like ho' business.
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Ambition is a tunnel that you run through that doesn't end.
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When I reached the top in business, I adjusted to my new position – I became bolder and crazier than before. And I listened even less to people who tried to slow me down.
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When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it.
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Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off.
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Stay to yourself, just listen. Do more listening than talking. The more you speak the higher the chances you sayin the wrong thing.
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I'm not a gangster, I'm not a thug.. I'm just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me.. yeah I'm gonna hurt 'em.. if you come and you ain't coming right I'm gonna blow your head off.
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At that age, it's one of the worse things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it.
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When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format.
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Move before you think you are ready. It is as if you are making it a little more difficult for yourself, deliberately creating obstacles in your path When you feel that you must work harder to get to your goal because you are not quite prepared, you are more alert and inventive. This venture has to succeed and so it will.
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The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.
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I have a romantic side. I do things.
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I don't think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I'm from the bottom I think they look at me and go 'well, if he made it, I can make it'
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