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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.


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T. GREENWOOD I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things...
MR. T I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with ...
PUSHA T When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my moth...
MR. T I think adidas really understands that it's cool to be in business with the right people. It rea...
PUSHA T Goblin tea resembles a nice cup of Earl Grey in much the same way that a catfish resembles the commo...
T. KINGFISHER Most of us will die twice; Once when we take our last breath, and again when the world forgets your ...
T. ARCHMAN I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want i...
ICE T So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
ICE T I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.
ICE T For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.
MIKE D Lofts are great. But with a home, there is a lot to be said for delineated space. To have the luxury...
MIKE D We never set out to be superstars.
MIKE D When you start rhyming, it's hard to find things that rhyme with Yauch, Horovitz and Diamond.
MIKE D We're doing what we want to do, and that's why the kids respect us.
MIKE D We are exercising our constitutional right to be fresh.
MIKE D L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.
MIKE D Each time you present a tour, you're faced with these questions of, 'How do you want to pres...
MIKE D Maybe some people, when they sit down to write their great novel or make their great record or paint...
MIKE D Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.
MIKE D I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
MIKE D I feel no compunction to defend L.A. People criticize it, and for the most part, it's well-found...
MIKE D In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what w...
MIKE D That's the thing with all of us music geeks - music is the soundtrack to the things that happen ...
MIKE D We have rocked the ozone radically, man. They could probably fix the ozone if everybody stopped what...
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