Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't.
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Acting takes so much energy.
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I think the main thing was me having a daughter. I just knew that I had to be a man, so I grew up real quick. Then I started caring about my music more, and I feel like that was the main change between 'Killer Instinct' and 'TRAPSOUL'. I was just like, 'I need to take this more serious and watch the things I say'.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.
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The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.
