"It's all about the work. Nothing is going to fall into your lap."
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"If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall."
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"The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized."
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"Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith."
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"Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit."
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"A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world."
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"Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people."
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"Being a thoughtful vegan makes our time on this Earth more peaceful and joyous, because you get to have a hand in promoting and increasing the happiness, good health and well-being of others -- both animal and human -- rather than being an instrument of their suffering and death."
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"If you want to say something profound, writing from your heartbeat is different than writing from the loud voices you get from music. If they're rapping from noise, it's about robbing people. It's that simple."
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"I know some people say "Keep your eyes on the prize," but I disagree. When your eyes are stuck on the prize, you're going to keep stumbling and crashing into things. If you really want to get ahead, you've got to keep your eyes focused on the path."
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"I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens."
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"Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged."
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"You have to be able to say what people are thinking but won't say. It's like Donald Trump."
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"You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together."
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"You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world."
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"You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state."
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"One positive thought can change your whole day."
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"If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment."
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"By listening to your higher self, or Atman, you can return to the truth that's already inside of you and in the process change not only yourself, but the entire world, through positivity and love."
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"A person's strength is to know their weaknesses."
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