Beginner’s luck done, now your buzz gone. You’re like a surgeon’s hands: Washed up, before you even put the gloves on.
Posts tagged with #quote
- Harry Shearer: I went to UCLA.
- James Lipton: And what did you study there?
- Harry Shearer: Political science. But the real answer to your question is, “as little as possible.”
— From Inside The Actor’s Studio with the cast of The Simpsons
Watch me make love — to hard work ethics
Cause game without ambition is game never respected
— Lemon Andersen in his poem, “Watch Me“
If you sleep for too long, you could pass up your dreams.
— Sonny Bamboo on the song, “Cinderella Man“
- Matt: I was noticing you write a lot of lyrics about—
- Diana: Being really sad?
- Matt: Yeah.
- Diana: I have a lot of inspiration.
- Matt: Well, that’s what I wanted to ask you about. You’re able to work when you feel like that?
- Diana: No, but I’m able to drink when I feel like that. And then I’m able to work.
— From an episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
I heard your CD dropped. The cashier picked it up and put it back on the shelf.
You ain’t talkin to me.
You gotta have at least a thousand in your pocket if you want to talk to a G.
— Calicoe in a rap battle vs Heartless
I remember her, she remember me
I liked her like a simile
— Common (“Six Ft. Over” by Cocaine 80’s)
You were a 70's baby? And you…
33
now?
You know where real good rappers careers should be when they
33
? — Wow.
When Nas was
33
he premiered “Hip Hop Is Dead”
Now that Ness is
33
his career in hip hop is dead
When Jay was
33
Hov worked to build “The Blueprints”
When Em was
33
he’d sold 30 million units!
And Biggie Smalls’ status as a legend’s quite clear.
And when he was
33
HE’D BEEN DEAD FOR 9 YEARS!
— Iron Solomon in his rap battle vs E Ness
Told me keep my own money if we ever did split up
How can something so gangsta be so pretty in pictures?
— Jay-Z (“That’s My Bitch”)
- Phil: You got some balls, kid. I’ll give you that much.
- Tony: You’ll give me what I tell you to give me. And I’m not a kid.
- Phil: Relax, it’s an expression.
- Tony: Well here’s another expression: You got five days to give me my money.
— From an episode of The Sopranos
I went from the favorite
To the most hated
But would you rather be underpaid or overrated?
— Jay-Z (“So Appalled”)
Listen…
I wish I could tell you
it gets better. But…
It doesn’t get better.
You get better.
— Joan Rivers in an episode of Louie
It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.
— Henry David Thoreau
Also known as: My first post. In three parts.
I.
My name is my name.
— Marlo Stanfield in The Wire
- Most people call me Chris Rhee in casual conversation. Rather than just plain Chris… I haven’t quite figured out why.
- Girls call me Christopher to try to be cute. Sometimes it works.
- Everyone mentions that “Mr. Rhee” sounds like “mystery”
- Among a group of friends, I have a catchphrase that’s constantly shouted at me: “I’m Chris Rhee, bitch!” But I’ve never said it before. Ever. Pretty sure my friend Jill came up with it.
II.
If we talk for too long, I’ll forget how we started. Next time I see you, I’m not gonna remember this conversation [...] I’ve told you this before, haven’t I?
— Leonard Shelby in Memento
My perception of passed time has gone to shit.
When I preface anecdotes with, “The other day”, I basically mean any point between yesterday and the beginning of all time.
When I preface anecdotes with, “When I was 8”, I still mean any point between yesterday and the beginning of all time.
The other day, I wanted to create a personal website to capture, collect and catalogue memories, events, interests and inspiration. With its help, I hope to gain a better perspective of what was going on in my life when I was 8.
III.
The key to staying on top of things, is treat everything like it’s your first project. Like it’s your first day, like back when you was an intern [...] Just stay hungry.
— Notorious B.I.G.
Soon, I’ll be 26 years old. I started making websites when I was 13. That’s half my life. And it all started with a (s)crappy personal website with no particular theme, plan, rhyme or reason.
Before I worked for a design agency, or startups, small businesses and multi-billion dollar corporations — I had nothing but a small, unknown place on the internet to play and experiment.
There was no audience. No one to please. Just me, hacking away until the sun came up.
I want that back.
