Jason Reynolds Quotes
Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
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As long as there is cash, and the economy is running, all is well. But as a bank, we'll have to test, experiment, try a hundred different things. A few may work, a few may fail, but we have to experiment and try.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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A good leader must be fair.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
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I met Malcolm the month before he was killed. He deeply changed my mind about America.
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I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
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I would not have been here if I was not from a political family.
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I wouldn't say I'm fixated on describing any kind of relationship whether it is a father and a son, or a family. I don't like it when people say that I'm particularly following the same line or that I'm only interested in family dramas. I'm interested in human relationships. The most intimate, the most delicate, and the most intriguing relationships are those within a family.
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Part of me is very entrepreneurial.
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Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
