Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale.
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I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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I love my sleep.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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We are all terminal.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I'm a real romantic.
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I read comics and stuff. I buy a lot of comics, a lot of films and boxsets.
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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I played in the Premier League for Blackpool and earned the right to go to a club like Liverpool.
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Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.
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Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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Truth is a new word in Europe (and elsewhere).
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I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale.
