Chuck D Quotes

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.

Chuck D

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The truth we are teaching is that every contribution in the history of the planet came from blonde people. It's not true, and it's destructive, and people are getting killed long term as a result. People don't believe that we deserve it.

Jesse Williams

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I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.

Jerry Doyle

PeopleMomGrowWishYouKnow

I try to turn off the TV and play with my kids as much as I can, and I always hope they're having as good a time as Mormon kids.

Robert Lopez

GoodHopeTimeI CanPlayTry

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

Shirley Williams

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My mom told me to cover up my arms ever since I was little because I was muscular. She wanted me to be feminine, which did not come easy to me. My body was what it was, and I worked it to be a better tennis player.

Martina Navratilova

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Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

Mitt Romney

BudgetYearEveryGovernorBalances

At rehearsals, I began conducting the band, counting them in without thinking. I guess it came from watching salsa legends like my uncle and Tito Puente, who was very much the leader of his band on stage.

Little Louie Vega

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We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

RelationshipLightPeopleLearnMore

Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages.

Dean Koontz

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I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.

Chris Martin

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It is not easy for the courts to control the intelligence agencies. There has to be concerted and coordinated effort on part of the courts, the parliament, and the government.

Asma Jahangir

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The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application.

Arthur Middleton

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