"Having a Rolex or a Benz is..." - Quote by Kanye West
Having a Rolex or a Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there’s always something more expensive to buy. Success is really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself.
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“But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.”
“If your job is inspiration you have to go at it at all costs.”
“I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that liked nice things also.”
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“One's own self or material goods, which has more worth?Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil?He who loves most, spends most,He who hoards much loses much”
“You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have filled your house and now you fear burglars. You have hoarded money and lost sleep. See what greed has commanded you: "Do this!" And you did it.”
“The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.”