Amiri Baraka Quotes
When I was saying, 'White people go to hell,' I never had trouble finding a publisher. But when I say, 'Black and white unite and fight, destroy capitalism,' then you suddenly become unreasonable.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.C. proper and have a chef's table where people can come and taste my food without having to have a catered event.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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People love to be told what they know already.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
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I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.
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I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar.
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Neil Mahoney was definitely the visionary in taking 'Freak Dance' from stage to screen. He made it more cinematic. He brought the choreography, all the ways to shoot that. I was more the director of actors. I was in front of the camera directing, and he was behind the camera directing.
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I think 2tor has a chance of remaking higher ed in a really great way. If we do that, those investors will do well.
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When I was saying, 'White people go to hell,' I never had trouble finding a publisher. But when I say, 'Black and white unite and fight, destroy capitalism,' then you suddenly become unreasonable.
