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“Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own.”
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“On religion in particular, the time appears to me to have come, when it is a duty of all who, being qualified in point of knowledge, have, on mature consideration, satisfied themselves that the current opinions are not only false, but hurtful, to make their dissent known.”
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“I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original' or 'Israelite,' don't be so foolish. I say 'African' because the continent of Africa is the land from which we all originate. It is the word that we are most familiar with right now.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.”
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“When I'm onstage and the singer sings, "I think about childhood friends and the dreams we had" and "on board I'm the captain, so climb aboard and we'll search for tomorrow forever more."My head is down because I'm trying to keep the beat. I'll turn and look at the audience and my eyes will scan the entire space. This is a transcendent moment. I can't explain it. It has a lot of meaning to me.”
Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com
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“Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.”
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“I have the weirdest job. It's not every day that you get to stand up onstage and unload every ounce of your misanthropic bile onto a crowd of people, and they're like, "Cool! Hit us again!"”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com
