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“Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.”
Source : "Dialogue with Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.archieshepp.net. December 10, 1990. 
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“I belong nowhere and to no one.”
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“When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.”
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“The artist's quest is to succeed in combining and balancing all compositional attributes and physical elements into those that are purely spiritual. That is the secret of art.”
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“There are now some mountains that my brain can no longer climb.”
Source : Source: www.omnivoracious.com
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“Fools multiply when wise men are silent.”
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“And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop.”
Source : Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker”, p.365, Simon and Schuster
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“God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are.”
