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I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important.
RZA
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RZA
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 5
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There are many names to Allah plus one you don't know. And each name is an attribute that flexes his characteristics: the Benevolent, the Merciful, the All-Knower... And to me, my names be flexin' personalities of myself: Prince Rakeem, Bobby Digital, Bobby Steels, the RZA, the Rzarector... These are personalities of myself.
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Knowledge is like fire 'cause it breaks down things so you can see what they truly are. It's like how a fire breaks your body down to carbon.
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It's not good to argue with your woman about something, because women feel strong about it, they slap you in your face, you still go back to them.
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I advise everyone to find an island in this life. Find a place where this culture can't take energy away from you, sap your will and originality. Since anything physical can be mental, that island can be your home. Turn off the electromagnetic waves being forced upon you, the countless invisible forces coming at you all the time.
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Sometimes brothers are in war with each other, but at the end love conquers all.
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That's what I am. I warn people. Whenever I see and I feel things in my heart, I speak it.
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Through great input you get great output.
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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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If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to improve yourself. Only when we shed all self-definition do we find who we really are.
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