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Boots Riley Quotes

I thought my parents were always having card parties - and they were - but they were actually also having meetings to organize people. My older sister would be part of youth organizing, and she'd have dance parties. People would be dancing and talking about how to improve their neighborhood.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 1, 1971

Topics

Dance Parents People Youth Sister

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

Words I Can Say Deception Honest

When I was a child, I didn't fly - we couldn't afford to fly. Flying was for rich people.

Child People Fly Flying Rich Afford

To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.

Challenge Growing Group Minority

I look at the artists as mini media companies, like if Beyonce is ESPN and Lady Gaga is Discovery.

Media Lady Look Discovery Artists

I used to run to school with my brother Jordan. It was two or three miles there and back. We'd do it every day. My parents didn't have the money to buy us bikes. It was nice; we enjoyed it.

Money Day School Brother Parents

I've broken probably every major bone in my body.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Broken Body Bone Every Major

Ziggler is one of those guys who don't get all of the credit he deserves for being so good consistently for so long.

Good Credit Long Being Get Who

I started playing music when I was 12 years old.

Music Old Years Playing Started

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.

Facts You Never Survey Out Check

A sense of humour is never a handicap.

Never Humour Sense Handicap

Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.

Peter Diamandis

Banking Elon Musk PayPal

I love going to the hair salon. I'm Spanish. I think it's more of a Latina thing to go to the hair salon.

Paz de la Huerta

Love Hair Think Go More Latina

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