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Excuse us for the news, You might not be amused But did you know White comes from Black? No need to be confused.
Chuck D
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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.
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A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.
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I never live alone, I never walk alone. My posse's always ready And they're waitin' in my zone.
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To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.
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My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.
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Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!
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Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants or to make songs talk to who they want to talk to. But sometimes the heart and the head have to be able to talk and deal with a situation that's evident.
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I think governments are the cancer of civilization.
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I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.
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Truth is truth no matter what I think.
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You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrated by its limitations. You gotta think outside the box.
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The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged, it is what it is.
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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.
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Ever since I was a teenager, I was always kind of, like, checking myself. You know, like, Come on man, don't get your head all swollen. Life and time itself will give you perspective on what you're doing. So, that's actually what's always been a reminder in my own head.
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I encourage more blacks and people of color to get a passport. That's one way to help put people on an equal platform.
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My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.
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You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.
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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
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I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.
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The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music.
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