Erik Parker Quotes
The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.
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We just couldn't seem to get the love from the Nashville awards shows... So Grammys really gave us validation, and so that's why they're such a big deal for us.
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My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.
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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
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I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
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Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals.
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I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.
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There are great fans in Chicago. I think you'd rather have them recognize than not recognize you.
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What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.
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Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.
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You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.
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The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
