Amiri Baraka Quotes
The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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No one person is an island.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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I consider myself a progressive. I have a passion for people who work. To me, this is about forward looking versus backward looking. Ideological gradations are the wrong way to look at it.
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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that.
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There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.
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When I was a kid, I really loved Indians. Native Americans. Pardon. Me.
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In media coverage of the war, Afghans are often characterized as corrupt and deceitful. There has certainly been plenty of corruption and deceit in this conflict, but why? What inspires these behaviors? In 'Green on Blue,' I wanted to render a world that is often overlooked: that of the average Afghans who are helping America wage its war.
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Even on tour, where I perform songs from 'City Of Black And White,' I still do songs from 'Nothing Left To Lose.' I never turned my back on that material. On some albums, you change - that's all. The trick is to follow your heart and do what feels right.
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The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.
