Afrika Bambaataa Quotes

Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.

Afrika Bambaataa

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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

Oriana Fallaci
- World
- Real
- King
I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'

Ralph Brown
- People
- Man
- Star
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

Karl Lagerfeld
- People
- She
- Mother
I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.

J. R. Smith
- Different
- Thought
- Chance
Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.

Fat Joe
- People
- Time
- Fun
I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.

Hannah Kent
- Writing
- Poetry
- Qualities