- "be eternal." -'pops'
- "you mustn't take everything so personal." -dr. habib
- "just let him be part of your sexual awakening and move on with your life." -april
- "just start scanning the shit out of it. there's no time for accuracy." -april
- "imagination is more important than knowledge." -einstein
- "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -leonardo da vinci
- "always write with a purpose." -professor r. house
- "don't be so hard on yourself. it's just a personal statement. you're not trying to win the pulitzer prize." -karyn stone
- "when you sit down, we want to see shoe, sock, pant; not shoe, sock, leg, pant." -jean harrison, the firm
- "the only person who really, truly knows how to make you happy is you..." -jason
- "they might say, but they don't know..." -common ("i could give a f- about the things that they say.")
- "can't fight forever; you gotta give it up..." -talib kweli
- on handling engagement: "larry thinks engagement rings cost $20,000. i didn't correct him." -april
- on choosing what you want over what others want for you: 'look at your career,' they said. 'lauryn, baby, use your head.' but instead i chose to use my heart. -lauryn hill
- "when you see me in person, what do you feel like? i know, i know -- i look better in real life." -kanye west
- "anything can happen." cliche immortalized in my head by wyclef jean.
- "i went to school for 14 years, and my best teacher was experience." -common
- "that shit ain't that serious." i don't know the original source of this, but it definitely helps me put things in perspective so i can get shit done.
- "i start to think, and then i sink into the paper like i was ink / when i'm writing, i'm trapped in between the lines / i escape when i finish the rhyme." -eric b & rakim / mos def
- "she was wearing an ed hardy tshirt? that's so 3 years ago. she might as well have been carrying a von dutch bag." -april
feb 15 2008 ∞
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