Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes
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Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.
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I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Hip-hop was started on groups.
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Nike was the essence of sports, transcendence through sports.
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Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
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You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.
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I'm a big fan of hip-hop, so it reflects in my approach.
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The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.
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Desire is the essence of a man.
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I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.
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Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.
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I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look.
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Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk?
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I ain't Mary, so ain't a damn thing Poppin'.
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Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive.
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How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been?
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Out of all of the stuff I have done in my whole 12 years, the Mistress series I and II are the most enjoyable processes I've ever been through and definitely, I'm most proud of that music.
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In a world with weak aggregate demand, countries are engaging in a futile competition for a greater share of it. In the process, they are creating financial-sector and cross-border risks that will become increasingly apparent as countries exit their unconventional policies.
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Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife.
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Women are more credulous than men.
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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop
