Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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Whether you talk about Africa or underbanked communities, these are all examples where Ripple can change the way society works.
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It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.
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You can't separate me from my upbringing as a child overcoming learning disabilities and having to make my way through that.
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We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.
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Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.
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I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.
