Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
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Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
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The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
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Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.
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There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.
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It's unbelievable. But I've never been to a pro football game. I've never been to a pro hockey game, either. I guess I'm not much of a sports fan.
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Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.
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I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.
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I believe that God has a plan and purpose not only for the human race, but for my individual life.
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Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.
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Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
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I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified - it was a very rough neighborhood. He felt that if I got into or started embracing the rap culture, I would be one step closer to being on the streets.
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When we approach games, we're always emotional-focused, so if a free-to-play business model works against the emotion, we won't use it. If it actually works well with the emotion, or if we can come up with a new way to do monetization that's different and that's unique for the game, I would go for that.
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I'm always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I'm on the go again.
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At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that.
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You're able to get into somebody's brain through song.
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I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.
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I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.
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New technological environments are commonly cast in the molds of the preceding technology out of the sheer unawareness of their designers. (p. 47)
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I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
