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I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.


Slick Rick

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BRUCE MCNALL I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band.
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HAROLD FORD, JR. I don't think people should be concerned.
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NICHOLAS A. FERRONI For me, I think people should be held accountable for what they put on the air or in print.
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PHILLIP FULMER I think that people which can choose should use their ability, the people which can't should be made...
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PETE GALLEGO It's the difference between art and propaganda or quality entertainment and propaganda. I'm not inte...
SCOTT DERRICKSON It's ludicrous. I think that if anyone should take the heat for this, it should be me.
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KORY PEPPENHORST I think they will feel refreshed because I cater to a mature audience.
SLICK RICK When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.
SLICK RICK You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.
SLICK RICK Hiphop hasn't had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence.
SLICK RICK Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.
SLICK RICK They weren't all pimps, but I'd see guys on the street who dressed really flashy. I remember seeing ...
SLICK RICK I think that's why people like me. I'm not trying to stand out like a super hero.
SLICK RICK It can always be transformed into an avenue of information.
SLICK RICK That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, ...
SLICK RICK Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend.
SLICK RICK I love eggs fried over medium.
SLICK RICK Really, you can't blame these artists, today, for the music that has been produced.
SLICK RICK People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.
SLICK RICK We need realism to deal with reality.
SLICK RICK I mean, I have my heartaches and stuff.
SLICK RICK A judge finally agreed that it wasn't right I was still paying for something I did 13 years ago, ......
SLICK RICK I wanted re-introduce the art form by making an album that included many different variations of sto...
SLICK RICK I've been in the game for 30 years and I came to represent.
SLICK RICK (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
DEYTH BANGER I think people should be able to say critical things about Microsoft, but that should be completely ...
JASON MATUSOW A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That'...
PATRICK NESS Only after the last tree has been cut down,only after the last river has been poisoned,only after th...
THE CREE PEOPLE I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
DAVE GROHL I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and...
CHRIS GIBSON Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea...
DEYTH BANGER If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell.
JIMMY SWAGGART If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell
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JOHN CORIGLIANO With the parks, I don't think we should be the test case for that.
BILL TOMPKINS Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
LINUS TORVALDS People who think literature should be Serious—should serve as a blueprint for a rocket that will n...
GARY SHTEYNGART I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not...
CLAES OLDENBURG It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high offic...
WILLIAM WELD I think that's ridiculous. I think it should be the same for everybody.
FREDRIK JACOBSON I don't think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that's unreasonabl...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN I just think people should be able to express themselves.
VINCE CARTER I think we should consider some relief for people, ... We did last year, and I think it ought to be ...
JEB BUSH I think we should always be prepared, but I don't think we need to put people in a panic.
DEBRA SPENCER That should be a fun gig. Rick, Bob and myself have been in groups for more than 25 years, since our...
NATE PRUITT I think that Stevie Nicks is one of the greats. Steve Nicks and Grace Slick and Janis Joplin have th...
PATTI LUPONE I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they th...
MAURA TIERNEY I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for...
ROSA PARKS I'm not for splitting the job up. I think the commissioner should be the commissioner, but I think h...
PAT BOWLEN I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James al...
RICK JAMES They should fine the referee. That's who they should fine, for that bad call. I do think referees sh...
JEREMIAH TROTTER Rick noticed that I was seeing the ball better from that side of the plate. It was kind of a natural...
JEN KOLLAER They should have fined the referee. That's who they should have fined for that bad call. I do think ...
JEREMIAH TROTTER Rick is the leader and I don't have a problem with that.
BENJAMIN ORR I think Rick puts a lot of pressure on himself anyway and I think that's one of the reasons he hasn'...
BRAD SHAW I befriend people too quickly - I don't think that's wrong, but I get told that I should be ...
NICOLE APPLETON I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think t...
MAX BAUCUS Rick and I are, in a small part, a part of that vision.
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SLICK RICK When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.
SLICK RICK You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.
SLICK RICK Hiphop hasn't had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence.
SLICK RICK Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.
SLICK RICK I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.
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I don't hate you."

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RICK RIORDAN The real world is where the monsters are.
RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
RICK RIORDAN Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of h...
RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
RICK RIORDAN She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
RICK RIORDAN She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
RICK RIORDAN Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
RICK RIORDAN Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
RICK RIORDAN Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
RICK RIORDAN Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
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