Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
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The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I'd go for roles that would say 'for all ethnicities,' but what they're pretty much saying is, 'We want a Caucasian guy or a black guy.' One or the other.
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On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.
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My mom beat us until she started breaking clothes hangers. Wooden clothes hangers! Once we started laughing back at her, then your spankings were through. That's the way I was raised. So, I got to be about 13 years of age when finally she quit spanking on me. But I think that it was great way to be raised.
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I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
