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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
Cocky

"I swear these niggas gassed up, even though the price is high. I could own half as much clothing and be twice as fly."

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Robert Downey, Jr. Actor, Producer
Cocky

"I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn't have at least one... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one."

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Russell Peters Comedian, Actor
Cocky

"I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage I'm that confident and that cocky, because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh."

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist
Cocky

"If you lie down in a village square hoping to capture a sea gull, you could stay there your whole life without succeeding. But a hundred miles from shore it's different. Sea gulls have a highly developed instinct for self-preservation on land but at sea they're very cocky."

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LaToya London Singer
Cocky

"That's just a stressful way to live - saying, 'OK who's doing great, who's doing better than me?' ... Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career."

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Lloyd Musician
Cocky

"All I knew was I just wanted to make music, I wasn't thinking about label politics or what that means. It was really much simpler back then but yea I was discouraged a little bit. I felt really confident in my skills when I was that young, I was really cocky when I was younger."

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