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" As a kid, I was naive. One thing I did have a dream of, though: I had a dream I would make a kung-fu movie. "
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" I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.' "
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" My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. "
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" I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up. "
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" I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent. "
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" We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. "
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" So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints. "
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" I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. "
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" I'm a big fan of technology; I've been a geek since 1986... and I was spending all my paper money on gadgets. "
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" It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.' "
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" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "
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" Wisdom is important in every man's life. "
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" When you defeat somebody, you're not really defeating them: they're defeating themselves. "
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" I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed. "
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" Art - the beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination. "
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" I got a bad habit of creating. "
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" When I was eight or nine years old, my older cousin took me to the St. George Theatre on Staten Island to see a Bruce Lee movie and a Jim Kelly movie. Those were my first martial-arts films, and I fell in love with the genre back then. "
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" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "
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" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "
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" The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. "
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" If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop. "
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" Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that. "
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" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "
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" The director can be a dictator, but it's not wise to be. You have to choose the days to be a dictator and the days to deal with diplomacy and democracy. Every great leader should know that, even a dictator. Tyrants get overthrown. "
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" That movie 'Hellraiser 2' - to me, that was the most evilest display of evil I've ever seen. I watched that movie ten times because I couldn't believe that each character became more evil than the other. "
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" I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a sword. And so I say that we have the best lyrics, so, therefore, we are the Wu-Tang Clan. "
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" I actually have eyes that irritate easily, so I wear the glasses to keep stuff out of my eyes. If you see me in shades indoors, you might be like, 'RZA is wearing shades inside. What the hell is going on?' I'm protecting my eyes, and I'm looking cool. "
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" One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis. "
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