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MICHAEL PATERNITI Remember when Jay-Z wore a Che Guevara T-shirt? Nobody knew who Che was. Then Jay-Z wears it, and it...
LAMAR ODOM I'm cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend.
DRAKE I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z.
T-PAIN Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie was alive.
FUTURE My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.
BEBE REXHA People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, '...
J. COLE Jay-Z called me onstage during my song that I produced for 'Watch the Throne?' That was surr...
HIT-BOY We told him to listen to Jay-Z and Mike Jones, ... I mean, he already liked Usher and Alicia Keys.
VINCE YOUNG You going to call me arrogant for believing in myself? Come on! It's a competitive sport. Rappin...
ASTRO I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.
ROBIN THICKE Jay-Z is a hero, Sam Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian champions. These are - i...
GEORGE PACKER What's important is that people realize that I can't be put into a box musically. I've s...
TREY SONGZ The prison-industrial complex, poverty, and the school system has more effect on a young black male ...
JOHN LEGEND I like Jay Z, Journey, and Kings of Leon.
ALEX RODRIGUEZ The show was great, 'cause it had the energy that you wanted. If Jay-Z is talking about them in his ...
DAN HOOTEN No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
J. COLE Jay-Z and L.A. Reid are really backing me up right now,
CHRISTINA MILIAN Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when y...
CURTIS JACKSON On 'The Guiding Light' I enjoyed working with Jamie Goodwin and Ellen Parker, who played my ...
KASSIE DEPAIVA Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence.
SAUL WILLIAMS I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth....
TRAVIS SCOTT Speaking out against rap music is useless, and it's futile. The reality is there's criticism...
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' b...
HANNIBAL BURESS I have been a fan of Versace for so long, watching people like Biggie, Puff, Jay-Z.
FRENCH MONTANA Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable...
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.
RITA ORA I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And th...
BILL GATES Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps...
ICE T Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I'...
JAY PHAROAH I think there are people, and I do not mean this to be disparaging, there are people like Jay Mohr a...
ROB THOMAS I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and S...
VANILLA ICE You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have ...
AZIZ ANSARI Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the m...
MATT HARVEY If it's time to party, it's time for hip hop. I love Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye. If I'm chillin...
ALEXIS KNAPP I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and...
FELICITY KENDAL Self-belief doesn't mean arrogance or blindness to one's own shortcomings. It doesn't mean believing...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA DMX wasn't checking what his fans were saying to him on Twitter or Facebook. Jay-Z is on a boat ...
THEOPHILUS LONDON I'm pretty much a good Catholic girl at heart and I believe in family. I also have a basic belie...
CATHERINE O'HARA I'm trying to escape the shackles of a pen and a pad. I've sat in sessions with Jay-Z where ...
NE-YO And all you other cats throwin' shots at Jigga, | You only get half a bar: fuck y'all niggaz.
JAY-Z I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well!
JAY-Z I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!
JAY-Z You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything...
OPRAH WINFREY Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Big L, Tupac. That was, like, my top five, generally.
KEVIN GATES I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't...
TRACY MORGAN To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake ...
JESSICA ENNIS We do what we think we can do. We don’t attempt what we think we are incapable of.
STAN BEECHAM I'm everything that you're not.
AHMED MOSTAFA Truly being authentic is knowing what matters to you, on the deepest level of who you are, and commi...
RICHIE NORTON [Jay-Z, 29, is accused of attacking Lance] Un ... more than once in the back with a knife.
Q-TIP I listen to music - Lady Gaga, Kanye, Jay-Z, the Beatles, Robert Plant - while I'm walking down ...
IVANKA TRUMP I was in Boots buying contact lens solution, and my mobile went off. It was Jay-Z's partner at R...
RITA ORA I used to cold call labels and pretend I was one of their artist's attorneys. I'd say, '...
BENNY BLANCO I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately...
BETH DITTO If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Dad...
SHAUN ALEXANDER I listened to a lot of Jay-Z and Kanye coming up, which would be unexpected for a boy bander like me...
LIAM PAYNE On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne,...
Q-TIP What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your be...
LEA DELARIA I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of cou...
NICKI MINAJ Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the For...
ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and '...
ANDREA BOCELLI That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
JOHN WEBSTER How well do we actually know ourselves? Can we dare to say that we really know someone, like really,...
NICO J. GENES NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.
CARSON DALY I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I ...
TED CRUZ I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't ca...
RIDLEY SCOTT I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what...
THOMAS KELLER I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me ...
JOHN CENA I'm the kind of guy who comes home and checks scores for everything. I'm a sports fan in gen...
CHADWICK BOSEMAN You know what, I'm happy to say that everything outside of 'Dexter' feels like a vacatio...
JENNIFER CARPENTER Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.
JAY-Z If I truly believe everything that's in that book, God is in control. He is in control. He's...
SHAWN MICHAELS For those who don't like Dave Letterman, there's Jay Leno; and for those who like neither, t...
TOM SHALES Basically, I feel fortunate to have realized what the goal is in life. There's no point in dying...
GEORGE HARRISON I did a big thing with Ritz Crackers - great cracker. Am I now the Ritz chef? No! Do I think the cra...
GUY FIERI Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.
RICO LOVE I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getti...
CHRIS CHRISTIE Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just...
AZZEDINE ALAIA When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, ...
MEEK MILL There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.
NINA SIMONE I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, ...
OLGA KURYLENKO I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to...
MICHELLE OBAMA Belief is the foundation that solidifies hope.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately tha...
ISAAC HANSON That's Tommy, this great producer who comes in contact with people and must have a mental librar...
AL JARREAU The foundation of wisdom is knowing how to tell when you are totally clueless, lost, and in need of ...
A.E. SAMAAN I mean, he's sort of the target reader, Jay.
ANNA WINTOUR I was just an animal lover. Everything that the Sam Simon Foundation does is supposed to help dogs a...
SAM SIMON Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, becau...
EDDIE REDMAYNE Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleas...
TYLER PERRY So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or kno...
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS I am always looking for a new challenge. Syracuse had everything I expected - great water, great fac...
DAVE REISCHMAN Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I&#...
TOMMY MOTTOLA I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In...
EMERIL LAGASSE I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't pl...
DJ JAZZY JEFF Being part of a fraternity has given me the foundation for everything I do in my career from the loy...
TERRENCE J I think the players play extremely hard for Jay and that isn't always easy when you are struggling.
DAVE HEEKE

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MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI By now you've probably noticed that except when safely contained by quotes, Zampanò always steers c...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI The ruminations are mine,

let

the world

be yours.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You'll be sick or feeling troubled or deeply in love or quietly uncertain or even content for the fi...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI No one ever really gets used to nightmares.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of h...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI ...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to any...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI What miracle is this? This giant tree.
It stands ten thousand feet high
But doesn't reach ...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote,...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Why did god create a dual universe?
So he might say
‘Be not like me. I am alone.'
A...
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MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Losing the possibility of something is the exact same thing as losing hope and without hope nothing ...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. You'll detect slow and...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Scars are the paler pain of survival received unwillingly and displayed in the language of injury.
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MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI This is not for you.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You shall be my roots and
I will be your shade,
though the sun burns my leaves.

MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI We all create stories to protect ourselves.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Little solace comes
to those who grieve
when thoughts keep drifting
as walls keep shi...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI It may be the wrong decision, but fuck it, it's mine.
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POPPY Z. BRITE the seriousness of emotional deprivation:

It is not difficult to understand how children ...
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POPPY Z. BRITE Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.
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POPPY Z. BRITE In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influenc...
POPPY Z. BRITE No one has ever done anything too bad to be forgiven
R. Z. SHEPPARD At some point you have to start letting people save their own life.
POPPY Z. BRITE An able practitioner of glitz lit.
R. Z. SHEPPARD Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Then no matter where you are, in a crowded restaurant or on some desolate street or even in the comf...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetrated by legitimate authority, they also rega...
EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG An old man loved is winter with flowers.
EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG [Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often intoxicated...
R. Z. SHEPPARD His reserve of disdain appears endless. He could no sooner shut it off than a vampire could forgo hi...
R. Z. SHEPPARD The 'teenager' seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy...
EDGAR Z. FRIEDENBERG The short story is like an old friend who calls whenever he is in town. We are happy to hear from it...
R. Z. SHEPPARD It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else c...
POPPY Z. BRITE In the end Navidson is left with one page and one match. For a long time he waits in darkness and co...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI The San Francisco Bay Area [is] the playpen of countercultures.
R. Z. SHEPPARD Two kisses in one kiss was all it took, a comfort, a warmth, perhaps temporary, perhaps false, but r...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You could power America with renewables from a technical and economic standpoint. The biggest obstac...
MARK Z. JACOBSON ...life's big. If you can't fix it, give it a spin.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish so...
POPPY Z. BRITE Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Let the night come. We are not afraid.
POPPY Z. BRITE The last dying days of summer, fall coming on fast. A cold night, the first of the season, a change ...
POPPY Z. BRITE Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI You wouldn't believe how much harder it's getting for me to just leave my studio. It's really sad. I...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Absolutely nothing visible to the eye provides a reason for or even evidence of those terrifying shi...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience a...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been j...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one ...
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Of course there always will be darkness but I realize now something inhabits it. Historical or not. ...
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