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America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 17
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My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.
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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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All that violence in the world, we need to stop that
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.
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My parents were Christian.
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My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason I was raised with a lot of studies.
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I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.
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I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.
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There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.
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