Eve
Eve
Eveis a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife although she is not specifically named in the Quran...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth10 November 1978
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
assess brought define generally given hard image order pick point talk talking time trying
It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I have to think of a given image in order to conjure up what we're talking about.
dreamed people sort
I came to acting as a sort of fluke. I really enjoy it, but I think I'm different from the people who dreamed about it.
bad people
Let's be honest, L.A. is not a bad place to live. There are some crazy people there, but I tend to get on with them!
sticky
Sticky toffee pudding is my favorite dessert in the U.K.
closest core further near potent women
closest to the core contaminated. They live near the reactor; their contamination is the most potent and consuming. As you get further away from the reactor, women are contaminated but not to the degree.
reluctant stop women
At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy, but once they got going, you couldn't stop them.
beauty billion energy fixing focus spend took women year
We focus on fixing our bodies. We spend $40 billion a year on beauty products. What if we actually took that money, took that time, took that energy and started fixing the world. Women would actually be in power,
successful thinking giving
I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you’re watching something you do make somebody happy - that’s when happiness happens.
far-away coming-back being-afraid
Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.
tired honor victory
I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.
motivation inspiration sick
Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.
goes-on levels body
Everything you deny is actually killing you on some level. You see something, you feel something wrong with your body, you pretend it's not happening, it goes on, it grows, it gets worse.
taken years differences
I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)
numbers house one-day
I want to read so I can read the Koran read the signs in the street know the number of the bus I'm supposed to take when I one day leave this house.