"The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the surface people see hip-hop and race as nothing new. I think the ways young white Americans are engaging hip-hop suggest something more."

-- Bakari Kitwana

#Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Race Quotes

“The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?”
“The computer is a moron.”
“I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.”
“The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or gains in income in the remote future; (b) the hope of selling at a profit, and realizing a capital gain in the immediate future; (c) the vogue of reckless promotions, taking advantage of the habituation of the public to great expectations; (d) the development of downright fraud, imposing on a public which had grown credulous and gullible.”
“People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.”

Source : Paul Tough (2012). “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody liked to be around a miserable person, and two, everything that I thought was so profound, everyone had already dealt with.”
“Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I have grown up loving Shakespeare.”

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