Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
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The idea of universal brotherhood is innate in the catholic nature of Chinese thought; it was the dominant concept of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, whom events have proved time and again to be not a visionary but one of the world's greatest realists.
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Peace and security of our planet must be based on the collective action of all nations, not a few, however powerful they may be.
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As the old African adage says, 'everybody skin to me ain't kin to me'. So you can't exclusively make that the criteria of your job selection and say that it's right when it's black and discrimination when it's white.
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I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.
