Walter Rodney Quotes
For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.
Quotes to Explore
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
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A lot of my fans wanted a kind of 'in your face' song. They wanted a song that exemplifies me overcoming the situation I was in and just that triumphant kind of song. So, I felt like I wanted to go ahead and get that out of both of our systems with 'Good Woman'.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college.
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Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me.
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There's no glory and no respect in making fun of the weak, the powerless.
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The person in New York City is showing too little empathy for the Trump voter. The Trump voter is showing too little empathy for the person who's very worried about the refugee ban. They're not spending enough time with each other to have a meaningful conversation.
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I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.
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In voiceover, you have to restrain yourself when you're acting in the sound booth in front of the microphone. If you lean left or you lean right, you're going to lose the voice. Yet you yourself become animated when you're doing the part. So you'll see a lot of flailing arms, but a very still face.
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I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
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Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
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For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.
