Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
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I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist.
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It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.
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My sister and I had a tough childhood, but my mom always said that travelling is the most beautiful thing you can do in your life. She always showed us the globe and gifted me an atlas.
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It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.
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It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.
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May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan.
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I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.
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there are more thingstwixt the vermiform appendixand nirvana than are dreamt ofin thy philosophy horatio
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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“I was not wholly conscious of myself, but was more keenly alive to the fire within. It was as if I were the activity, and my hands and feet were only experiments for my spirit to work upon.”
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When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.
