Bakari Kitwana Quotes
I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop. I'm hoping that young people immersed in the culture will work harder to capitalize on the possibilities for great social change that hip-hop represents as a national unified cultural youth movement.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young people in India, in Pakistan, in Africa. If they can use in the same ways.
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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that we elected this doofus. He was a bright enough guy and sort of well-meaning. But he was about as prepared to be president of the United States as your goofy old uncle, you know, the one that memorises baseball statistics.
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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
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A star needs all the rest she can get.
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Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific theories with religion. An infinitely old universe, always evolving, may not be compatible with the Book of Genesis. However, religions such as Buddhism get along without having any explicit creation mythology and are in no way contradicted by a universe without a beginning or end. Creatio ex nihilo, even as religious doctrine, only dates to around AD 200. The key is not to confuse myth and empirical results, or religion and science.
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I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge in hip-hop. I'm hoping that young people immersed in the culture will work harder to capitalize on the possibilities for great social change that hip-hop represents as a national unified cultural youth movement.
