Hood Quotes
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My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.
Wyclef Jean
Fugees
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I was 10 when I realised I couldn't stand football. I'd tried, obviously, before this - no one wants to give in to social pariah-hood without a fight. I had stood frozen on pitches, done some running about and shouted a lot, as though I cared.
Andrew O'Hagan
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For Halloween, I've gone trick-or-treating as Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, and Robin Hood.
Jonathan Groff
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I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood' to be flogged publicly.
Ann Coulter
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I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.
Daniel Radcliffe
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Peggy Atwood, Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Michael Ondaatje - these are all old friends from my early 20s.
Clark Blaise
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A print of the painting, The Prayer At Valley Forge, depicting George Washington on bended knee, praying in the hard snow at Valley Forge, hangs over the desk in my office. If the practice of witchcraft, such as is allowed now at Fort Hood, is permitted to stand, one wonders what paintings will grace the walls of future generations.
Bob Barr
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I grew up in the hood in Miami in a poor neighborhood.
Carl Hart
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I'm ghetto chic, I'm where the hood and high fashion meet
Teyana Taylor
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In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.
John Singleton
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She's like a Barbie, then she wants to be a superhero, or coming out of a spaceship and everything's pink. She makes a certain move that's ghetto hood mixed with a little robot so its like I'm evolving Nicki Minaj and developing her style. She's fearless, and I love her.
Laurieann Gibson
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'Trap Lord' is basically the writer of the hood. It's the kid that's from the hood, from the trap, who's going to preach to his friends and his homies. Because they're not going to sit in no church. So they listen to me instead of going to a church, because I understand them, and that's really what the 'Hood Pope' is.
ASAP Ferg
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House is a big part of the rhythm in Chicago. I don't care if you're the most hood gangbanger - you understand house.
BJ the Chicago Kid
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In the early '80s, it was hard to find celebrities you can identify with if you lived in the hood. There weren't any rap videos at the time.
Mekhi Phifer
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In the hood, you have a problem with somebody, you have to deal with it. The outcome is pretty immediate.
Carl Hart
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I drove off, with my friends watching me go, all of them grouped on Lissa's hood. As I pulled onto the road, I glanced into the rearview and saw them: they were waving, hands moving through the air, their voices loud, calling out after me. The square of that mirror was like a frame, holding this picture of them saying good-bye, pushing me forward, before shifting gently out of sight, inch by fluid inch, as I turned away.
Sarah Dessen
