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" I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. "
Kanye West
Better
Gettin
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" People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try. "
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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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" 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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" The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write. "
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" I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it. "
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" Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them. "
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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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" I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live. "
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" I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory. "
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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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" If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up 'humble,' 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It's a controlling word. It's a way to control the masses and to control the sheep. "
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Look
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" All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race. "
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Legacy
Family
" Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields? "
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" I still think I am the greatest. "
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Still
I Am
" I'm inspired by Walt Disney. I'm inspired by Howard Hughes. I'm inspired by Henry Ford. I'm inspired by Steve Jobs. I mean, I'm inspired by James Perse. "
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" George Bush doesn't care about black people. "
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" I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food. "
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You
Looking
" If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world. "
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Fan
World
Think
" I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God's eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do. "
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Blessed
Family
Love
" Nothing in life is promised except death. "
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" I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14. "
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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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" I'm here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, 'Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we're also innovators. We're also inventors. We're also thoughtful.' "
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Yes
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" I definitely think, generally, rap is misogynistic. "
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" Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. "
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" I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret. "
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You
Regret
" I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately. That's just a warning. To everyone. "
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Just
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" 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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