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I'd hate to compare art to life but I think a movie is an entity of its own, and when it's done, you want everybody to like it like you want everybody to like your children.
RZA
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RZA
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 5
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Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.
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There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their retainments.
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Every aspect of your personality, if you're wise, you're able to separate each one of them and put them to use at the best time for the best position.
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In today's society, the forces against you are heavy against you. The whole goal is to get knowledge of yourself, but people are so far from themselves that they don't believe themselves.
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I ask people what piece they are on the chessboard. And some people say 'I'm the king' or 'I'm the knight.' And then they ask me what piece I am, and I say, 'I'm no piece. I take the position of God.'
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I feel when I say I can do something and carry this opportunity to make movies, it's because I took the time to study it. A boxer can't just jump in the ring. You've got to practice and practice and practice.
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After knowledge comes wisdom. After wisdom comes understanding.
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Once you've got an inspired spark, you've got to strive. You've gotta keep putting wood on it, so they say, to keep it burning. But then there's the alchemist side of it, that's the fire that's burning but it don't burn.
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My time is being shared with my fans and the people of the world, while I have got children growing with a lot of days of not seeing their father.
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I make a lot of money in my life, 50.000 dollars are nothing.
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