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Amiri Baraka Quotes

I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Great People Stupid Thought America

For me, when I'm not working, the day goes by so fast. I never have enough time - getting a manicure, getting a pedicure, getting my workout in, making sure that I ate healthy. Those things can become treacherous to the mind.

Time Day Mind Me Enough Healthy

We need to stand up and become a united front against a common enemy. It's important for us to not be divided.

Stand Up Stand Enemy Important Need

Here's the problem with phones - they are a ready-made diversion from the considerably harder work of growing a business.

Work Business Problem Growing Phones

I have been one of the guys who have been skeptical of global warming from the beginning. The jury is obviously still out on it. We see nothing but conflicting reports from across the globe. I'm not sure; I'm not a scientist.

Beginning Nothing Global Warming See

The practice of narrative and argument does not lead to invention, but it compels a certain coherence of thought.

Practice Thought Argument Invention

When I listen to an American singer, I wanna listen to his music in his language, because he's more spontaneous - he's more natural - and I need his point of view. And our point of view here in Brussels is French and Flemish.

Music Language American View Need

But with the Industrial Revolution and introduction of various industrial techniques for purifying sugar, we have a situation in which what we are consuming is not good nutritionally or ecologically.

Good Industrial Revolution Revolution

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.

Government Back Say Want Cap Taxes

I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.

Douglas Coupland

Art College Loved Design Years Four

There's a very fine line between one person's reality and another person's fantasy.

Reality Person Fantasy Line Fine

People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.

Time People Confused White Hip-Hop

I was always passionate about acting.

Acting Passionate Always About

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