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"For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds - and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act."
"A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom."
"If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct."
"I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do."
"I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never, not even once, acted on the basis of any doctrine or philosophy.I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world."
"I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music."
"The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit."
"No religion will ever make me forget the condition of our people in this country...No God, no religion, no nothing will make me forget it until it stops, until it's elimitnated. I want to make that point clear."
"In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony."
"Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive."
"People who are 'different' are usually the ones that end up making a difference in the world."
"I know that God gave me the blessing to use, to bring honor and glory to Him, and to use to impact the lives of people."
"The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone."
"You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic."
"Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it."
"We make up any excuse to preserve myths about people we love, but the reverse is also true; if we dislike an individual we adamantly resist changing our opinion, even when somebody offers proof of his decency, because it's vital to have myths about both the gods and devils in our lives."
"I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause."
"If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'."
"The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom."
"I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that."
