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Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make.

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When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.
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Everybody's just been spilling their guts all over records and talking about how hard it is to be an entertainer and how much we get hated on and what we have to go through. But I ain't really got it that bad. I'm just happy to be here.
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I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.
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I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album.
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If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance.
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I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody.
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Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me. Beyond that, my career has been trials and tribulations and ups and downs, so I have to have true fans riding with me.
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I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.
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This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.
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It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.
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I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie.
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Bad Boy Entertainment did not shoot anybody. I didn't shoot anybody.
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I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel.
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I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.
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Don't get yourself in certain circumstances or instances, because it's not a good feeling to be sitting in that chair where you've got 12 people that are in control of your life. You have an opportunity to be in control of your life for yourself by the decisions that you make.
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I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty.
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We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.
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It just gets draining on a person being in the papers every day. So I was like, I'm gonna come back here. I want to talk to all the people, the fans. I want to let them know how much I appreciate all their support.
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I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.
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Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me.
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If you dream and you believe, you can do it.
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It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.
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I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.
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It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now.
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There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa.
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I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.
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I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.
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Put up your guards keep faith in God I promise you all the world will be ours.
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Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
William Wilberforce
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Leon Trotsky
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To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.
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I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.
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Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.
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