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A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 4
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If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.
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The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.
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When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5. It ain't to play games with you, it's to aim at you, probably maim you. If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens.
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I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!
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I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono.
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No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here
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I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented. I think he's one of the most talented ones out there.
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People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap and it's good water. But they're okay paying for it. It's just the mindset right now.
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[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make relieving the suffering of the addicts.
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I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
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May the best of your today's be the worst of your tomorrow's
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I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game.
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If skills sold truth be told I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense (But I did five Mil) I ain't been rhyming like Common since.
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Artists can have greater access to reality they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life, might miss. Just sharing that truth can be a very powerful thing.
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I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me
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Is to have had and lost/Better than not having at all?
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I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.
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I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.
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Everyone needs a chance to evolve.
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