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1 " To be able to shit on people before they get a chance to shit on you. That's power. "
― Sister Souljah , The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
2 " Vendetta is the word, except it isn't strong enough. "
3 " Now I realized that me and him were just alike. We were both born to win. And, when we were not winning, it was OK 'cause we were busy planning to win. "
4 " What would be a bigger spectacle, a female with one shoe on or a well-dressed female with no shoes? This is New York so I said fuck it. "
5 " Are you crazy? The last thing you want to do is make a scene." "Well, I'm gonna make a movie if you don't show me some respect. "
6 " Drugs is a government game, Bilal. A way to rob us of our best black men, our army. Everyone who plays the game loses. Then they get you right back where we started, in slavery! Then they get to say "This time you did it to yourself." I won't play that game. "
7 " That's how I stay on top baby. i look at life from every position. I play from every side. you gotta know what each man on the board is thinking down to the littlest mutherfucker like the pawn "
8 " Drugs rob every person, man, woman, and child of their beauty. Drugs turn people into animals who can only respond to instincts. Drugs are so powerful they eradicate the God in both the taker and the giver. "
9 " So you know that TV shit ain't real. "
10 " She asked me could I read and write. I told her, "Of course, and I can talk too. "
11 " It’s funny how the same thing a man loves, is the same thing that he hates. What makes me stand out as a woman is that I have nonnegotiable principles, strength, and faith in my people. From the time that we shared you seemed to love that, admire it, even. Now you hate it because my ways have isolated you. The truth is, you’ve isolated yourself. "
12 " Only a complete asshole would keep repeating the same old mistakes and blaming it on something else. Hell, we have all had it hard. It may not seem like it, "
13 " If you do something positive, something positive will come back to you. If you consciously do negative things, then negativity will rule your life. "
14 " We pay for every little choice we make. You traded everyone else’s life for yours. I traded my life for everyone else’s. "
15 " Now y'all know it's to many of y'all. GS told me to bring up the baddest female in the house. "
16 " in the ancient African tradition women are the sacred key to life. They carry, then push all life into existence. They are a metaphor for wisdom. Midnight "
17 " If you’re deciding what you believe every day and every day you believe something else, you have nothing to look forward to but chaos. "
18 " When we hate ourselves we destroy our bodies with alcohol, drugs, casual sex, and a bunch of stuff. Then we look at ourselves and hate ourselves even more. "
19 " Women want love, peace, unity, and shit like that. Men are tribal. I ain’t tryna save the world. I’m just tryna get my piece for my crew, that’s all. That’s all it’s about and that’s the most you can ask for. What you know about that? "
20 " Jealousy is a dangerous emotion. Jealous people are usually so intensely dissatisfied with themselves that they have a burning desire to destroy anyone who has something they want, but feel they can’t have. "
