Ice-T Quotes

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When they call you articulate, that's another way of saying 'He talks good for a black guy'.

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Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.

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I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry.

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As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

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You better think it out
We should be able to say anything
Our lungs were meant to shout.
Say what you feel, yell out what's real
Even though it may not bring mass appeal
Your opinion is yours, mine is mine
If you don't like what I'm sayin' fine.

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That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble.

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Crime is an equal-opportunity employer. It never discriminates. Anybody can enter the field. You don't need a college education. You don't need a G.E.D. You don't have to be any special color. You don't need white people to like you. You're self-employed. As a result, criminals are very independent people.

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It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.

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Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.

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I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.

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