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I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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Human Rights Activist
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What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.
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I come from a hut, from a hut I went to the projects, from the projects I went to a mansion so you out there you have ABSOLUTLY NO EXCUSE!
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Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
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My parents were Christian.
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The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
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At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
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The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.
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I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
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If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.
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