Nas
Rapper, Songwriter
"I never brag, how real i keep it, cause thats the best secret."
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Causes
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Jay-Z
Rapper, Businessman
"Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you."
Lil Wayne
Rapper, Musician
"One finger up, and I'm out Cause you ain't even worth two"
Hippocrates
Physician
"Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure"
Oscar Romero
Archbishop, Activist
"When we speak for the poor, please note that we do not take sides with one social class. What we do is invite all social classes, rich and poor, without distinction, saying to everyone let us take seriously the cause of the poor as though it were our own."
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"Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself."
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"Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished."
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"When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone."
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"Pimpin' ain't dead 'cause I be the life line."
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"Cause I am a Superwoman, Yes I am, Yes she is, Even when I'm a mess, I still put on a vest, With an S on my chest, Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman, ... And all my sisters, Coming together, Say yes I will, Yes I can"
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"A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed."
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"No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents."
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"Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would."
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"Music is a beautiful thing to listen to. It is not a thing to preach to others about, it’s not a cause. It is what it is-and that’s a beautiful artform."
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"A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends."
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"I'd like to be a jellyfish, 'cause jellyfish don't pay rent."
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"Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined."
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"If your world isn't right, the cause is in you."
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"Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention."
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"We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through Cause, baby, we ain't got nothing without love."
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"Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want."
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"Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?"
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"There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for."
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"It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue"
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"I don't think about returning to the streets, 'cause I don't have any plans to return to the streets. I'm at another level in my life. Returning to the street - I still be in my streets when I get time to, when it's necessary."
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