"The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry."

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Source : Source: screenanarchy.com

Erik Parker

#Struggle Quotes #Reality Quotes #Done Quotes

“I hate losing in training, I'm always arguing, having a go at everybody. I take my job very seriously.'”
“I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. My older brothers and sister had started to school when, sometimes, they would come in and ask for a buttered biscuit or something and my mother, impatiently, would tell them no. But I would cry out and make a fuss until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my mother asked me why I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred; but I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed hungry. So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
“I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.”
“I think, especially in this time in the world, there is very much a choice between fear and courage, and we all have to pick the courageous route.”
“Me and Tricky like playing with each other.”
“You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Living on purpose requires us to find what we love fiercely, give it all we've got and then pass it on, as if it were a torch, to those who follow”

Source : Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press
“We want our students to be the students we want to teach.”

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