Jordan quotes

Jordan

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"I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all--Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life."

Jay-Z
Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman

"When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5. It ain't to play games with you, it's to aim at you, probably maim you. If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens."

Kanye West
Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer

"You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'"

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John Muir Naturalist, Writer
Jordan

"Heaven knows that John the Baptist was not more eager to get all his fellow sinners into the Jordan than I to baptize all of mine in the beauty of God's mountains."

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Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
Jordan

"When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
Jordan

"You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy."

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Queen Noor of Jordan Queen consort, Philanthropist
Jordan

"I did feel a sense of duty. I felt that it could be a great asset to the future of Jordan, and those continuing the process of building the country, to concentrate on that humanitarian, peace-building legacy."

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Allen Iverson Basketball Player
Jordan

"You know, I've always told him (Larry Brown) I wanted the relationship that Michael Jackson... Michael Jordan, I'm sorry. ... I wanted the same relationship with him like Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan had."

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Tracy Morgan Comedian, Actor
Jordan

"The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!"

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player
Jordan

"I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either."

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Julie James Author
Jordan

"I see that you’ve had the non-pleasure of meeting my sister.Jordo, this is Rylann Pierce.” Jordan raised an eyebrow pointedly at Kyle. He glared. An entire dialogue seemed to pass between them"

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