"Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy."

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Source : Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, progressive.org. July 20, 2005.

Chuck D

#Queens Quotes #Rap Quotes #Humble Quotes

“It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms; or watching the senior rugby league. As you can imagine, I'm torn.”
“So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't led no hum-drum life.”

Source : Winston Groom (2002). “Forrest Gump”, p.241, Simon and Schuster
“I'm so much more confident and sexy at thirty-eight than I ever was when I was eighteen or twenty-four...”
“Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.”
“It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time.”
“And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe.”
“End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you'. Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.”
“My favourite trainers are Converse.”

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