Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes
I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.
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I'm truly blessed with great genes. I've never done anything drastic in my life, and I can proudly say I haven't tried any of those crazy fad diets, either. I believe in eating right and living healthy. Plus, I love going to the gym, and I enjoy yoga because it streamlines your body.
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College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.
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When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes.
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
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As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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I'd spend every summer in Longview on my grandfather's farm. It was a tiny little town divided by a river, which was the segregation line: that side white, this side black. And meanwhile, I lived in Compton - basically, another whole world sealed into 10 square blocks. It's interesting how insular an environment can be.
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During the 19th-century struggle for women's rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
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Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
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The renunciation of recognition will never become possible without a certitude that our life is directed by a suprahuman authority.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer. So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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I keep drawing inspiration from people every day. All of a sudden, something strikes me so hard and dramatically, and then a dream comes - I sit down, cut it off and make a script out of it.
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I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.
