Lawrence "Kris" Parker (KRS-One) Quotes

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.

Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions

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• It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
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• I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

  

  Ed Asner
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  • Progress
  • Acting

• Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.

  

  Venerable Bede
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• Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• I love doing serious movies for adults.

  

  Carla Gugino
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• I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
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• If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'

  

  Nancy Greene
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• A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • Life
  • True
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• People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So – no.'

  

  Candy Crowley
  • People
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• And I have known the arms already, known them all - Arms that are braceleted and white and bare But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!It is perfume from a dress That makes me so digress?Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. And should I then presume?

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Light
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• I don't know why black skin may not cover a true heart as well as a white one.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
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• 'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'

  

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• Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs.

  

  Sting The Police
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• Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.

  

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• I love Rihanna's style. It's a good mix of streetwear and show wear, and I love her music, too. She's an incredible singer and performer.

  

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• Once in a while I do put up a video or a thank you tweet for my fans. I think our interaction cements our bond. Getting so much love from them makes me feel blessed.

  

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• If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

  

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• A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

  

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• 'Borne,' in a weird way, even though it's a totally different universe, picks up where the 'Southern Reach Trilogy' leaves off, because it's post-apocalyptic.

  

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• I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

  

  Aimee Mullins
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• I'm told there's a saying from those ancient times, kalos kai agathos, when someone or something is good and beautiful on the outside, but is also good and noble on the inside in terms of character and in terms of purpose. And I think that's a fine description of the friendship that exists between the Greek people and the American people.

  

  Barack Obama
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• I collect books, and I love libraries. I love bookstores. And to me meeting a writer is important. And when I saw a book with my name on it I almost passed out.

  

  Angelina Jolie
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  • Book
  • Library

• I grew up always wanting to be a dancer, and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways. I saw myself traveling with a company or making my own work and being a little weird. I wasn't thinking about the business side of anything; I just knew that I loved dancing.

  

  Jillian Hervey
  • Up
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• I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.

  

  Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions
  • Thinking
  • Soul
  • Culture