Amiri Baraka Quotes
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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I found my style and how I like to do makeup from trying and failing and trying and failing again, and unfortunately, I had to do it publicly to figure it out.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.
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Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling.
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I have one weakness: I love meat loaf.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I had left teaching, which I enjoyed, because I realized I couldn't get tenure at a research university.
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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.
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I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
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I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.
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Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.
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Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.
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You're working with adults and you're being paid to do a job. And you're a kid. Then you go back to high school, and everybody's partying, and they're doing math. I always felt a little bit outside of it. Outside of both experiences, really.
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This person has done at least two (2) things that would be classified as 'unforgivable.'
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I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
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It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.
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When I'm in London I do have the convenience of being close to St James Park which is also good for me because it gives me an excuse to get out and get some much needed exercise!
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People used to ask me, 'What do you reckon you'll be doing when you're 40?', and I told 'em 'rocking out and kicking ass!' Now it's 'What do you reckon you'll be doing at 60?' and the answer's exactly the same. I'm always going to love Jimi Hendrix - 'Purple Haze' will still give me a hard-on when I'm hooked up to a life-support machine. Hey, even when I'm dead, they're going to have a hell of a job nailing the coffin lid down.
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You never tried facing the sting Walking all in circles, take it all in stride Faces are not what they seem, I always dream lost in the tide
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I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.
