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" I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean? "
Ice Cube
Actor
Mean
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" I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time. "
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" Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know. "
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" When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out. "
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" We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want. "
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" If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say. "
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" Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining. "
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" I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past. "
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" Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else. "
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" I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine. "
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Job
" Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you. "
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Worry
" I've been caught in parachute pants. And on my high school yearbook, they used the wrong picture. They were supposed to use the picture of me with a nice suit on. They used me with my collar flipped up, in a fuchsia and white striped shirt. I blame Prince and Michael Jackson in the Eighties for that. "
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School
" Twerking has to end. Not for the ones that look good doing it, but for all the ones that you feel, 'You don't have enough to twerk back there. Your twerkin' look like jerkin.' "
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" I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. "
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" 'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only, called HBO. One of them looked like LL Cool J. Eazy wanted to write a song for them, a street song, like what we were doing on the mix tapes. So when I wrote it, it was too West Coast for them. "
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Group
Doing
" I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me. "
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" I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up. "
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" The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody. "
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" I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them! "
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" I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself. "
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Love
Great
Challenge
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" Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing. "
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