"What inspired me as a child is the same thing that inspires me now: being nice. I always try to one up everybody with verses and be lyrical and just stand for the art."

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Source : Source: thecomeupshow.com

Joell Ortiz

#Art Quotes #Children Quotes #Nice Quotes

“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.”
“The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur. It is like putting nitroglycerine in a Waring blender.”
“Reforms come from the bottom. No man with four aces requests a new deal.”
“What we've established (in San Diego) with my growing family is hard to re-create. It's hard to up and re-create that. I know that moves are part of life. But that certainty is fair to say that (not being sold on moving to Los Angeles) is part of it. The good thing is I'm not under contract in a year where we'd potentially be in Los Angeles.”
“I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.”
“I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.”
“Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.”

Source : "Writer Mat Johnson On 'Loving Day' And Life As A 'Black Boy' Who Looks White". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 29, 2015.
“And a utility belt! I'm like an asthmatic Batman!”

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