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There are certain things that happen in New York that just don't happen anywhere else.


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All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.



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I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.



People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc.

People are very comfortable when race relations get looked at retrospectively. Slavery, the civil rights movement, etc.



I'm not searching for the truth.That's too much pressure .

I'm not searching for the truth.That's too much pressure .



Why are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even apathetic.

Why are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even apathetic.



I think there's nothing new going on. Except that, you're even more public than you've ever been.There's some good and some bad to that.

I think there's nothing new going on. Except that, you're even more public than you've ever been.There's some good and some bad to that.



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If New York is the City That Never Sleeps, then Los Angeles is the City That's Always Passed Out on the Couch.



It's so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can't find the words.

It's so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can't find the words.



Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.



In The Sellout I tried to capture how we can talk and see race, how we see urbanity, and how we see our history.

In The Sellout I tried to capture how we can talk and see race, how we see urbanity, and how we see our history.





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Just because you cannot see it now, does not mean it is not there or not possible. See yourself succeeding and own that vision through all your planning and hard work.

Just because you cannot see it now, does not mean it is not there or not possible. See yourself succeeding and own that vision through all your planning and hard work.



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Be slow to teach, and quick to learn.



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I got born in the wrong family.



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I want a Supreme Court that will stick with Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, and I want a Supreme Court that will stick with marriage equality.



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My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.



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People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'



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Snark from nerds is a leading indicator that I'm wasting their time and when I find it, I ask questions until I understand the inefficiency so I can change it or explain it.



Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.

Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.




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