Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what you need.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
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There are moments when we are incapable of exchanging a single word with anybody…it’s beyond us…
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What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.
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I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
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My current motto is to go for it, whatever it is that inspires you.
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Sometimes I can't believe I'm going to be 60. I always say there's no point moaning about getting older, when there's nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, really? Me?
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Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.
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I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .
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Quite often in negotiations people start out by saying no and then they turn around, ... A few more days and perhaps we'll see some movement.
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Having worked in the planning field for over 18 years, I think I would be an asset during the upcoming master plan update.
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This will without doubt play into the hands of separatists in Kosovo and Montenegro wanting to leave the (Yugoslav) federation
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A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.
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If you take risks, you may fail; but if you don't take risks, you will surely fail
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No man who ever lived knows any more about the hereafter than you and I.
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There's nothing I really wanted to do in life that I wasn't able to get good at. That's my skill. I'm not really specifically talented at anything except for the ability to learn. That's what I do. That's what I'm here for.
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My passion comes from the things that have historically happened to black people in Mississippi. I can honestly say that most of the things that I've accomplished in my life have come from my spirituality and my belief in God.
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You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what you need.
