O'Shea Jackson Jr Quotes O'Shea Jackson Jr My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed. Aware Eyes Me Over Parents World You
The stress and turmoil that my father had to go through at a young age to make sure that I didn't have the same trials and tribulations, I couldn't be more grateful. O'Shea Jackson Jr
When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work. O'Shea Jackson Jr
Our trials and our times of pain get the most recognition, but 'Straight Outta Compton' speaks to triumph. When it's doubtful, when nobody is on your side, when your back is against the wall, you triumph and make it through. Showing growth through movies promotes growth. O'Shea Jackson Jr
Ice Cube's the coolest dad. A lot of parents – a lot of kids do not think their parents are cool. Oh, no. My dad's cool… You know, I was born in 1991. That's when 'Boyz n the Hood' came out. So I've always see him on TV. I don't see everybody else's dad, you know. So I've always had a sense of, you know, he's cool. He's in the light. O'Shea Jackson Jr
This entire cast, N.W.A, was an all-star group, and I really feel like people are going to look at 'Straight Outta Compton' years from now like this was an all-star cast. O'Shea Jackson Jr
Being on set with my dad – that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid – when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you. O'Shea Jackson Jr
It's always extremities when you are a young black male dealing with law enforcement. O'Shea Jackson Jr
The trials my father went through were things most young black males have to go through. There was nothing he shielded from me, because it doesn't matter how you grow up, those who oppress will oppress. It's all completely relatable; everyone feels NWA. O'Shea Jackson Jr
Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world. Qorianka Kilcher
Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy. Nora K. Jemisin
Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third. Vladimir Putin
When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again. C. C. H. Pounder
Growing up on the plantation there in Mississippi, I would work Monday through Saturday noon. I'd go to town on Saturday afternoons, sit on the street corner, and I'd sing and play. B. B King