Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.
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I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.
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I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?
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You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed better in something else.
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I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.
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I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
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A man who contradicts himself may have succeeded in exercising his vocal chords. But from the point of view of imparting information, of communicating facts (or falsehoods) it is as if he had never opened his mouth. He utters words, but does not say anything.
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Nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.
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If there is a misuse of power, it is on her part. My crime is that I have never labored to make myself popular - I admit that much - and I have paid too little attention to fools who are old enough to be senile but young enough to have power.
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If I'm garbage you're a bunch of maggots.
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The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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It is as his own mind comes into contact with others that truth will begin to acquire value in the child's eyes and will consequently become a moral demand that can be made upon him. As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires.
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Palmares Tres is a society born out of a distinct, idiosyncratic utopian vision formed in the midst of an apocalypse. I would say the residents of Palmares Tres respect the strength of that history and their remarkable ability to rise from the ashes of the old world.
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I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics.
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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
