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Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy.

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Immortal Technique
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 31
Musician
Rapper
Singer
City of the Kings
Felipe Andres Coronel
Felipe Coronel
Pessimism
Emotion
Philosophy

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Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition.
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Changing the course of destiny, so I'm strapped with weaponry cause the government don't give a f-k about protecting me.
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Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.
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Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in the future.
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The mind of a child is where the Revolution begins.
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Hip-hop is about the human condition it's about people's lives.
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Read about the history of the place that we live in and stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children
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I spend a lot of time out there. I've got a lot of family that lives in Inglewood and surrounding areas. So I'm right in the hood, every time I go there I go see my peoples. I rep real hard for the people that I see that are the counterparts of what I'm trying to do out here, out there.
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I would love for [Jesus] to come back because I would love for him to face what is happening and to really have some sort of perspective. In that same respect, I'm sure that Prophet Muhammad would be disgusted by what some people use his name to justify.
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Read between the lines and free your mind
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Using some economic issues to make one group of people, regardless of race or religion, the scapegoat for all the problems of the country is just the stupidest, and yet, the most creative propaganda scheme that you can come up with.
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It doesn't matter what race you are. It doesn't matter what religion you are. I always tell people: If you want to be a part of hip-hop, you just need to have a heart. You need to have the courage to tell the truth.
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Working your whole life wondering where the day went, the subway stays packed like a multicultural slaveship.
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I Freestyle my Destiny, It's not written in Pages.
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Doubt that there could ever be...a more wicked MC. 'Cuz AIDS infested child molesters aren't sicker than me.
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You can’t stop a revolution from breathin’, so to beat ‘em they offer people the illusion of freedom.
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I don't need to put jewels on to make myself feel important. I'd rather drop them for the benefit of less fortunate people. I don't need to put gold on my body, and I'm not criticizing people who do, but for me, I'd rather be around my family and see them be happy because that's worth more to me than gold.
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The problem with always being a conformist is that when you try to change the system from within, it's not you who changes the system it's the system that will eventually change you.
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I try to take people at face value and then beyond, taking them out of face value and out of the category of being Black, Latino, Asian, White, Jewish, Muslim or Christian or Atheist, none of that matters to me.
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I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.
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