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Amiri Baraka Quotes

The man who buried Malcolm X - my Muslim imam, priest - he, after I got beat up by police... came to me, and he said, 'You don't need this American name.' And I was susceptible to it at the time because, God knows, I had just gotten whipped near to death. So he gave me an Arab name; he gave me the name Amir Barakat.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1934 - January 9, 2014

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God Time Police Death Man Me

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

Father Immigration Said Want Been

I love to sing and make music because it makes me feel good.

Love Good Music Me Feel Good Feel

I'm just interested in serialization in fiction. I'm fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I'm interested in ways to bring that back to fiction.

Love Back Fiction Bring Just Ways

A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me.

Work Me Going Becoming Off Very

I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.

Day Every Day Play Escape Prove Out

You cannot classify a whole group of people based upon their religion and determine their intent. That's not fair. It's not American.

Jeff Fortenberry

Religion People American You Group

To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Vision Creative Fight Me Crazy Will

I still like to play games that have a beginning, an end and a story.

Beginning Story End Play Games Like

People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.

Valentine's Day Day Value People Say

I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs.

Trying Play Write Always Just Songs

Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.

Me Jail Exciting Most Happened Ever

My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show.

Good Job Better Wish You Kind

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