"When you have the national narrative being "crack is awful and black people are using it," why go against that narrative when you want to get that publication in The New York Times or wherever? It encourages people to play right into it."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Carl Hart

#New York Quotes #Play Quotes #People Quotes

“Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.”
“What we experience in Colombia is fratricide, we fight ourselves and it demonstrates the priority of hatred over peace and reconciliation.”
“Illness is the result of improper removal of toxins from the body. Oxygen is the vital factor which assists the body in removing toxins.”
“Pretty much every issue that we've put out, there have been at least one or two things that really surprised me. It sounds like bullshit, but most of the stories that we've run had that effect on me. We get thousands and thousands of submissions and I don't think we've published a story yet - very few, anyway - where there wasn't something like what Mona Simpson described, where a first sentence or a first page didn't just really command attention.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Moral claims aren't, as a class, truth-value apt or not.”
“Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.”
“All of the musical projects that I am involved with are near and dear to my heart and allow me in a small way to make a contribution to the world of music.”

Source : "Daft Punk Bassist Nathan East: Music is His Mission". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is â€” not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself.”

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