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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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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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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I was alone more than most kids.
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Dick Wolf was my first boss after coming out of Sarah Lawrence.
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The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U.K. which I love.
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I have a great life and I'm super active.
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I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit.
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Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block.
