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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.
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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Maybe we need to look upon technologies and social networks as things that come out of us, not things that lead us. We can be on top of these things instead of them bein' on top of us as human beings.
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I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
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If you empty, you can be filled up with anything. It could be water or it could be gasoline.
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