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" I definitely think, generally, rap is misogynistic. "
Kanye West
Think
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Generally
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" I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. "
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" In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28. "
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" It was a strike against me that I didn't wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs. "
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" I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash... If anything, that's all giving me power. "
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" It's not 'can'; it's 'will.' You have to will things into fruition. "
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" Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it? "
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" I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' "
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" They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh? "
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" The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride? "
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" I'm a human being. I've got opinions, I'm not always right, I'm not always on time, I don't always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure. "
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" Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy's going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other. "
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" Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all. "
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" I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel. "
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" I have decided in 2020 to run for president. "
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Decided
Run
" I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying. "
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" We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it. "
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" Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun. "
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" Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win. "
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" Madonna, I think, is the greatest visual musical artist that we've ever had. If you look at her photo log, the photographers that she was able to work with throughout her career framed her in the proper way. It was the proper context. It was that visual that made sure that everything was gonna cut through in a certain way. "
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" Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. "
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" I dislike the concept of 'chic' being the highest compliment for a human being. I'd rather someone be nice than to be chic. "
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" You know what should be banned? Stuff that's whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist. "
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" The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me. "
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" I don't use blue. I don't like it. It bugs me out. I hate it. "
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" People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome! "
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