Amiri Baraka Quotes
There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
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I began photographing in 1946. Before that, I was a painter and drawer, with my mother and father's support. They were a bit pissed when I went into photography. They thought photographers were guys who took pictures at weddings.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.
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'Can't Stop Dancing' is this other side of me that I was ready to introduce to my fans, which is like, after you hang out with me, you start to see that I can be chilled and relaxed, and I'm a little bit more mature for my age.
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America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.
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I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.
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We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.
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I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
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When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
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It's really cool to be able to do both. I get a chance to be in this film with these amazing actors, the coolest people ever, and I try to kiteboard as much in my free time as I can.
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Where most politicians would have abandoned a supporter like Jeremiah Wright and the community he served, Obama, while strongly criticizing him, did not throw his friend overboard.
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We serve God by serving our fellow man; kids are suffering from malnutrition. People are going to the fields hungry. If you are a Christian, we are tired of being mistreated.
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Stay away from the ropes.
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Envy is human nature.
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I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.
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There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer.
