Warren Farrell Quotes
Myth. Rape is a manifestation of male political and economic power. Fact. Any given black man is three times as likely to be reported a rapist as a white man. Do blacks suddenly have more political and economic power? Maybe rape does not derive from power, but rather from powerlessness.
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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Industry is extremely slow in readjusting itself to the manufacture of modern consumer goods.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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When push comes to shove, no one really cares what you're wearing except you.
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.
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Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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It is the police of America who are on the front lines, who are on the streets, who are in the daily contact with American citizens, who translate the dreams of American citizens when they succeed and frustrate the dreams when they fail.
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Myth. Rape is a manifestation of male political and economic power. Fact. Any given black man is three times as likely to be reported a rapist as a white man. Do blacks suddenly have more political and economic power? Maybe rape does not derive from power, but rather from powerlessness.
