Damon Dash Quotes

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Damon Dash

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 3, 1971

You're only the boss if you put up your own money.

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I lost my girl a couple years back, Aaliyah, in a plane crash. I wasn't expecting that, and also, my mother died, and at the time, my father wasn't in my life; the only person that took care of me was my mom.

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You speak things into existence, but there's a gift and a curse with that. You got to be careful what you say.

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There's certain lines you just don't cross. You know the one thing that will get a man out of pocket is when you mess with his children.

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My delivery can be intense, but it's intense because I need to be heard. I know that people don't usually listen, as it relates to constructive criticism, without getting offended. So, I speak my mind with an attitude that I don't care if you get offended; I just want you to get the message.

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I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

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Freedom is priceless.

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A real man won't ask or answer questions about another man's money.

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When I was young, I read the Bible, and I already knew what it meant to be the good guy - and look what happened to Jesus. So, I already understood that you get ridiculed for telling the truth, and I've always been aware of that. But, I'm a guy with confidence, and I'm not afraid.

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I grew up in a lot of different places. I always saw the bigger picture. I was around rich kids with country houses and private jets. No disrespect to those people, but I never thought they were super geniuses. I couldn't see how I wasn't going to have those things, too.

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How can another man call another man boss? That's like calling another man 'Daddy.'

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Work harder than everyone, be patient, and just know that if you're going to do something on your own, you're gonna have to feel some pain.

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If you give a bipolar man a mic, I don't know what you expect.

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I don't complain about other people's game - I just create my own.

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I'm not one to be paying too much attention to what another dude's doing.

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Everything that scared me is losing people I love, and everyone that I really love, as it relates to females, I've lost. So what it's made me be is the animal that I am because I don't want to sit down and think about the things that are hurting me, but, you know.

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It's important for people to believe in themselves.

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I think Jay-Z is probably my best student, and I can say that he listens, and that's what always made him special.

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People have to listen to somebody speak, that the person that you're listening to is saying the right stuff, and that's all that really counts.

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I've never tried to be accepted. When everyone is doing one thing, I've always had the instinct to go the other way. I don't understand how an individual with their own mind, their own values, and their own beliefs can be so willing to just follow what everybody else is doing. How can you make history doing what everybody else is doing?

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