Erik Parker Quotes
Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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I am a just man.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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I'm a human, and I'm multidimensional. If I was the perfect form of anything, I'd be boring. If I was a free spirit all the time, I would be boring; I would lack depth. If I was dark and enigmatic all the time, then I would lack relatability.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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On the day that you were bornThe angels got togetherAnd decided to create a dream come trueSo they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of goldAnd starlight in your eyes of blue.
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There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.
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You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.
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Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and smell the roses... and then lift your leg on them.
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The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.
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It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.
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Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.
