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"K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in your life, you come into your own...your own niche, your own personality, not only as an artist but as a person."
"As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it."
"I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on."
"I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so ... I’m waiting to find the right person, someone who’s willing to take on the job."
"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."
"The greatest missile in the world is useless ... unless it's targeted. A torpedo is adrift unless it has someplace to go. An arrow is pointless unless it hits something. So it's important for kids--for everyone, even if you fail at first--to target something and head in that direction. With all your might."
"I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school."
"URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages."
"Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program."
"Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society like this, is to teach our kids enough critical thinking to be able to sort out what is true and what is false, what is contestable and what is incontestable. And we seem to have trouble with that. And our political system doesn't help."
"Kid, if You Need Booze or Drugs to Enjoy Your Life to the Fullest, You're Doing It Wrong."
"Doing your best means never stop trying."
"And it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us."
"A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing."
"All the bullets and all the bombs that explode all over the world won't leave the impact, when all is said and done, of a dollar bill dropped in the Jimmy Fund pot by a warm heart and a willing hand. You should be proud and happy to know that your contribution will someday help some kid to a better life."
"Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically"
"Little kids shoot marbles where the branches break the sun into graceful shafts of light… I just want to be pure."
"As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed."
"We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them."
"Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied."
