Kendrick Lamar quote: "Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys."

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of thi...
KENDRICK LAMAR

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

If my edge is dull, my sword is dull, and I don't want to fight another guy whose sword is dull....
KENDRICK LAMAR

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
KENDRICK LAMAR

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.
KENDRICK LAMAR

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's go...
KENDRICK LAMAR

Me, as a person, I grow. I'm like a chameleon. You know? That is a gift and a curse for me. But ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men arou...
KENDRICK LAMAR

Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creat...
KENDRICK LAMAR

The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror an...
KENDRICK LAMAR

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
KENDRICK LAMAR

My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I ha...
KENDRICK LAMAR

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is wh...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whateve...
KENDRICK LAMAR

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying thes...
KENDRICK LAMAR

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that...
KENDRICK LAMAR

My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

When everybody looks at our generation of kids, they always call us the misfits - you know, like we ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.
KENDRICK LAMAR

Temptation is just the feeling that you're the most independent person on planet Earth. That you...
KENDRICK LAMAR

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love th...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - hi...
KENDRICK LAMAR

When I went back to my old high school, all these kids looking at me like I'm the real big homie...
KENDRICK LAMAR

From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.
KENDRICK LAMAR

We're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go o...
KENDRICK LAMAR

The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actua...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better ...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I ju...
KENDRICK LAMAR

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.
KENDRICK LAMAR

This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It's all hip-ho...
KENDRICK LAMAR

Before finding music, I didn't have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little mo...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was...
KENDRICK LAMAR

When I'm in the studio, I'm looking for creativity I haven't matched yet, a feeling I ha...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.
KENDRICK LAMAR

Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.
KENDRICK LAMAR

I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back...
KENDRICK LAMAR

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?
KENDRICK LAMAR

In all my days of schooling, from preschool all the way up to 12th grade, there was not one white pe...
KENDRICK LAMAR

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found...
KENDRICK LAMAR

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.
KENDRICK LAMAR

My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-...
KENDRICK LAMAR

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve...
KENDRICK LAMAR

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.
KENDRICK LAMAR

I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.
KENDRICK LAMAR

The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are importa...
LAMAR ODOM

Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the ...
LAMAR ODOM

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was...
LAMAR ODOM

Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bi...
LAMAR ODOM

The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me t...
LAMAR ODOM

I consider myself a little weak.
LAMAR ODOM

When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.
LAMAR ODOM

Death always seems to be around me.
LAMAR ODOM

Most people don't want to get married. Being married, that's a responsibility.
LAMAR ODOM

The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great.
LAMAR ODOM

I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
LAMAR ODOM

It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?'...
LAMAR ODOM

My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.
LAMAR ODOM

For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Ric...
LAMAR ODOM

I have candy around my bed. I just kinda like reach over and eat it and then go back to sleep, no pr...
LAMAR ODOM

Remember when Jay-Z wore a Che Guevara T-shirt? Nobody knew who Che was. Then Jay-Z wears it, and it...
LAMAR ODOM

Being humbled has been a part of my life for a long time.
LAMAR ODOM

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.
LAMAR ODOM

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
LAMAR ODOM

I don't think nobody's doubting I can play basketball.
LAMAR ODOM

Respect goes a long way when you carry yourself a certain way and show manners when you first meet s...
LAMAR ODOM

We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.
LAMAR ODOM

I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, ...
LAMAR ODOM

The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remors...
LAMAR ODOM

I've got a winner mentality, the mentality of a champion.
LAMAR ODOM

We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That out...
LAMAR HUNT

Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98...
LAMAR HUNT

You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to...
LAMAR HUNT

He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potenti...
LAMAR HUNT

The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition ...
LAMAR HUNT

I have no doubts that it will be a major sport-in the United States. I'm probably not going to l...
LAMAR HUNT

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is alre...
LAMAR HUNT

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to beg...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We've got a strong group of Republicans who are conservatives who know that their jobs aren'...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and mor...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, tha...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president an...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting mone...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for ins...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and th...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've buil...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected f...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I think there are too many bosses in Washington telling Nashville Diesel College and Harvard Univers...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case s...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility. I have a responsibil...
LAMAR ODOM

I've been in their shoes, and it's hard. It's great to see somebody at least have that opportunity.
BURNEY LAMAR

When we go to Richmond [to race], hopefully we can do the same things we do in testing, and I can go...
BURNEY LAMAR

Actually, I was just happy to finish a Busch race. That was actually the first one I ever finished.
BURNEY LAMAR

You can say I'm crazy, but three years ago, I was at home on the couch watching races like this.
BURNEY LAMAR

Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a litt...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

We don't have a president who is our agenda-setter, so we have multiple voices on every issue.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

He has a lot of talent. He won a very tough race and is an excellent speaker.
LAMAR ALEXANDER

It's indescribable. It's like a dream come true.
LAMAR BUTLER

I think people are looking for a president who has views and who sticks to those views. So, I think ...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the...
LAMAR HUNT

I'm under no direction from ownership that I have to trade them whatsoever. That's not even a factor...
CHUCK LAMAR

It is ironic that Mr. Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Mr. Gore was a...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

[Cardinals Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith recently spent three days in North Carolina working wi...
CHUCK LAMAR

He's extremely disrespectful. I'm just going to leave it at that. It's dudes like that why things ha...
LAMAR ODOM

One of the biggest decisions this organization will make is whether B.J. Upton is going to be the ev...
CHUCK LAMAR

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president an...
LAMAR ALEXANDER

He doesn't need a microphone. He uses it and it's an instant headache. After a while your head gets ...
LAMAR BUTLER

New federal criminal penalties are needed to deter and punish these dishonest individuals and busine...
LAMAR SMITH

We played a great defensive game against Detroit, a great defensive game against Oklahoma (New Orlea...
LAMAR ODOM

if they don't think he can play shortstop then they should think about trading him.
CHUCK LAMAR

Having said that, we saw him play the latter part of August and thought he had had enough. He had al...
CHUCK LAMAR

We thought he had had enough -- going from Double-A to Triple-A
CHUCK LAMAR

Sirens and everything. Usually the drive takes half an hour at least. With the escort it was about 1...
LAMAR BUTLER

There's no question it's going to be a busy week. You're going to have some released players that ha...
CHUCK LAMAR

I'm kind of lost for words. It was a pleasure just to watch him out here.
LAMAR ODOM

"You make time for who or what you love.
LAMAR THOMPSON

Our sin is great but Gods grace is greater!
LAMAR THOMPSON

God is not pleased with these mashed potato Christians. You know the kind that are found in the T.V....
LAMAR THOMPSON

One I'm going to keep in my pocket wherever I go. One I frame and keep it on my wall.
LAMAR BUTLER

Bob asked our permission and he certainly didn't have to do that. We didn't have any claim to it, we...
LAMAR HUNT

At that time, they voiced no negative displeasure. Obviously that changed between that last series a...
CHUCK LAMAR

We wanted to deliver the first blow. We didn't want to take any blows tonight.
LAMAR BUTLER

They're asking for a $79 million increase with no restraints on how they're going to spend it.
LAMAR WHITMER

It didn't change anything. We just had to regroup, keep our poise and fight and claw our way back.
LAMAR BUTLER

Just to be part of something great, this is history we're living in right now. We changed the face o...
LAMAR BUTLER

This is history. Every time you mention the NCAA tournament from now on, you have to mention our run...
LAMAR BUTLER

I think I was joking when I said that.
LAMAR BUTLER

I think I was joking when I said that. For it to come true, it shows you never to stop dreaming, no ...
LAMAR BUTLER

I guess anything can happen.
LAMAR BUTLER

I think it's a Hollywood story already. If anybody wants to make a movie, come see me. I'll play my ...
LAMAR BUTLER

If you have two big men who can score that close to the basket, it requires [defensive] help. So, if...
LAMAR BUTLER

[A regular season title] is a first for all of us. It feels good to win a regular season championshi...
LAMAR BUTLER

He has just changed my outlook and my attitude on life. He changed me as a person. I have grown up s...
LAMAR BUTLER

We're not ready to pinch ourselves yet. We didn't come this far to just settle.
LAMAR BUTLER

This might be Paul's biggest test. His strength has been combining a strong business acumen with an ...
LAMAR HUNT

I think patent trolls are abusing the system.
LAMAR SMITH

One of the biggest reasons I hired Hank was that he really wanted the job. It turned out to be a ver...
LAMAR HUNT

There's no such thing as mid-majors anymore. Throw that label away.
LAMAR BUTLER

At that time, they voiced no negative displeasure,
CHUCK LAMAR

It could have been called a foul. But if it's not, I guess that means I just didn't go hard enough. ...
LAMAR ODOM

These lawsuits are nothing but legalized extortion.
LAMAR SMITH

After that, I felt like I was on fire. I just kept running around, trying to get open.
LAMAR BUTLER

Some of the girls are taller than me and have more muscles than me, but that just makes me run harde...
GRETCHEN LAMAR

Faith Burt (of Cedar Falls) won (the 100-meter dash) last year and my goal is to beat her.
GRETCHEN LAMAR

I remember all the people there. It made me want to get back.
GRETCHEN LAMAR

They create chaos, but it's a controlled chaos. That's a comfortable environment for them. All three...
GARY LAMAR

We were very happy with that.
GARY LAMAR

I think the school became interested in building an all-around girls program. They had won only abou...
GARY LAMAR

It's driven by the government doing a regulatory taking on a piece of property.
LAMAR WHITMER

I just think it's obscene to scare the public with public safety cuts. They need to prioritize the b...
LAMAR WHITMER

The purpose of the (Wednesday) meeting is to put on a charade.
LAMAR WHITMER

I've heard from a lot of people, mostly small-business owners, about how they feel neglected by City...
LAMAR WHITMER

First Command is proud to add this convenient service from such an established company. We want to p...
LAMAR SMITH

The administration is on the wrong side of public opinion and the American people when it comes to a...
LAMAR SMITH

I'd didn't have any idea the game was going to end up like it did today, with me playing such a larg...
LAMAR SMITH

I told him he rode my back into the locker room, and outside on the field, too.
LAMAR SMITH

The fact that the administration is even considering giving what amounts to an amnesty to a half-mil...
LAMAR SMITH

We should not encourage lawsuits that blame others for our own choices and could bankrupt an entire ...
LAMAR SMITH

I am disappointed that the Senate would increase the number of foreign high-tech workers without inc...
LAMAR SMITH

Right now we're playing bad, and anything bad that happens, it just seems to multiply for us.
LAMAR SIMMONS

We talked about that we needed to shorten up our swings. We tried, but obviously we didn't do a very...
LAMAR SIMMONS

I believe she's an All-Star caliber player. And I think she's out to prove that.
LAMAR SIMMONS

We got shut out quite a few times last year. Scoring some runs builds the whole team's confidence.
LAMAR SIMMONS

When you see a big name on your schedule, then you pay attention. I don't want to knock the I-AA tea...
LAMAR OWENS

I think getting that record would mean a lot for our team because it would show how far we've come. ...
LAMAR OWENS

I would've been satisfied with a one-point victory. But we wanted to prove that we're on a different...
LAMAR OWENS

I would have been satisfied with a one-point win. But to see our offense take off in the second and ...
LAMAR OWENS

I look at that trophy at some point pretty much every day. I think everybody in the brigade does, to...
LAMAR OWENS

We wanted to come out here and put it together by playing four quarters of Navy football, and we pla...
LAMAR OWENS

We needed this game, so I just wanted to stay aggressive around the boards, find the basket, get som...
LAMAR ODOM

He was a good dude before. He's an even better dude now. This is a guy who's been through a lot. He'...
LAMAR ODOM

This was not like having a cold or the flu, this was a complicated surgery. Some people lose their l...
LAMAR ODOM

It was fun. We gave them a show. I was glad a lot of the NBA greats came, too.
LAMAR ODOM

Inside presence, being physical, that's what we need from him. The guy's got the best body in the NB...
LAMAR ODOM

Last year, we were a really bad defensive team. We're better, but we're still bad.
LAMAR ODOM

Every game we play is going to be the biggest game of the year. ... It's in our hands. We can't real...
LAMAR ODOM

We just threw everybody at (Pierce). If you put two guys on him, you have a high percentage of stopp...
LAMAR ODOM

He raises the I.Q. of your basketball team ? he helps us tremendously,
LAMAR ODOM

He raises the I.Q. of your basketball team - he helps us tremendously,
LAMAR ODOM

There's a lot of interest in these growing fields of forensic science. This degree is designed to ap...
LAMAR JORDAN

Every student will be required to learn how to be a forensic expert in the courtroom. They will lear...
LAMAR JORDAN

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

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