H. Rap Brown Quotes
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
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When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
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I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I think there are some people who are just kind of born to create drama and then capitalise on it.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and get paid to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it's not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes.
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I'm not in the business of telling people 'DIY or die,' but I do think it's important to be as hands-on with what you're doing as possible.
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Being a nocturnal creature myself, I often find myself in dark alleys or strange places late at night. If there were werewolves around, I'd be likely to run into them, being the night owl that I am.
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The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
