Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes
Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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I want to make this world perfect.
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I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-stop. They used to listen to Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder.
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Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?
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Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
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I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.
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I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.
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Eating and food are a wonderful part of our life's experience, and half of us are walking around dreading having to figure out what to put in our mouths.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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I have always been a great believer that women should support women, and my admiration goes out to mothers everywhere, as they constantly put their own needs behind those of their children, embracing daily uncertainties and entering the new uncharted territories that each day brings, to be, in return, rewarded with joy and unending love.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.
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I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.
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The plight of the actor, even if he's a star, is the plight of the women's movement. They're saying the same thing to us: get into bed, give me a good time, then give me something to eat, go get the laundry, be a good girl.
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It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think that it's important that people of different backgrounds and different faiths go to school together and many faith schools do that.
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Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool
