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"I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again."
"I don't believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God's way of communicating with us."
"Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God's lover, yet you worry what people are saying."
"It is as if a king had sent you to a country to carry out one special, specific task. You go to the country and you perform a hundred other tasks, but if you have not performed the task you were sent for, it is as if you have done nothing at all. So people have come into the world for particular tasks, and that is our purpose. If we don't perform it, we will have done nothing."
"Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it."
"People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel."
"I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying."
"Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?"
"People in this world shun people for being great, for being a bright color, for standing out. But the time is now, to be OK with being the greatest you."
"When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance."
"I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not looking at the things within I have to fix. Sometimes you keep going because you don't want to face the truth."
"Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake."
"In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go 'interesting, interesting, interesting'. They're interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks."
"People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS."
"I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people's hearts. And if I can do all three of those things in one fell swoop, then I feel like I've really accomplished something."
"I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad."
"I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world."
"People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping."
"Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself."
"Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can."
