Saul Williams Quotes
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
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I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.
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I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.
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Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.
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We have forgotten that before we began calling this date rape and date fraud, we called it exciting.
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In 1957, as the leader of the majority in the United States Senate, speaking in support of legislation to guarantee the right of all men to vote, I said, 'This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.'
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I always have homemade chicken stock in the refrigerator. I'll reduce it, maybe add a little cream and a few shallots. Before you know it, eureka! It's the best.
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When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.
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I am actually a very unspeaking person. I'm not really good in social situations. People expect me to be more outgoing. I don't know why. They think I have this kind of assurance.
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No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.
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He's wrong. That's why his films look so terrible.
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If the system should not need parts now, the worker should not produce because you are just absorbing instead of producing.
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I had my nose done when I was 16 years old, and I'll be honest: it did change my life.
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I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.
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I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.
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It's nice to have a lot of people in the field. Independent, third party, Libertarian, Reform and other party candidates can do what they want to do. I welcome them to the race.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.
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Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.
