Chris Slade (Christopher Slade Rees) Quotes
I still get people coming up with Firm albums saying, “It’s my favorite band ever.” That is genuine. When I’m on the road, it’ll happen twice a night. After all that time, we must have done something right.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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I love the homely atmosphere of Indore and Bhopal. People here are very warm and affectionate.
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Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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Let's make Donald Trump explain his hair.
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I can truly say with Shelley I have been fortunate in friendships: that I have been no less fortunate in my enemies than in my friends.
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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six.
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'Is there anyone or anything in this city which can’t be bought?' I said, slipping him a note.'Yeah,' the man said, laughing quietly. 'But I’m not it.'
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Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!
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People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.
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It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.
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I'm continually working on myself. Nothing ever actually works.
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Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.
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Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.
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For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
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No one wants to be the kid who allies with the weird kid.
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I still get people coming up with Firm albums saying, “It’s my favorite band ever.” That is genuine. When I’m on the road, it’ll happen twice a night. After all that time, we must have done something right.
