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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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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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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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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As the civil rights struggle progressed, Americans responded to the justice of the cause, shedding layers of the crusty armor that shielded the white majority from contact with its large black minority. There are layers left. It feels so much better to be on good terms with one another.
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You don't have to push or pull or fight or win, the struggle is illusory. Sometimes or rather, all times, you just have to be.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
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The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.
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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.