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Rap was started by black people and, thus, is at the foundation of black culture. So people cannot always wrap their minds around someone like me being inspired by it. But if you listen to the things we're saying, they're authentically us.

~Awkwafina

Topics: Always Around Being Black Cannot Culture Foundation Inspired Like Listen Me Minds People Rap Saying Someone Started Things Thus Us Wrap You

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More than anything, I'm an American kid, and my music reflects that more so than being an Asian-American. I think it's important but also something that can detrimental to your career if celebrated too much.

~Awkwafina

Topics: Also American Anything Asian-American Being Career Celebrated Detrimental Important Kid More More Than Anything Much Music Reflects Something Than Think Too Too Much Your I Think

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I think there are barriers, but I think for me specifically, my barrier is being rejected from the kind of hip-hop elitists that think I'm not appropriating it, but just not serious about it. They think I'm a Lonely Island, Weird Al, you know - like a parody rapper. So that alienates me from a lot of things.

~Awkwafina

Topics: About Al Barrier Barriers Being Hip-Hop Island Just Kind Know Like Lonely Lot Me Parody Rapper Rejected Serious Specifically Things Think Weird You I Think

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I could beat my mike stand into the stage, but I was still in pain. Maybe fans liked it, but sometimes people forget you're a person and they're more into the entertainment value. It's taken a long time to turn that around and give a strong show without it being a kamikaze show.

~Axl Rose

Topics: Around Beat Being Could Entertainment Fans Forget Give Liked Long Long Time Maybe Mike More Pain People Person Show Sometimes Stage Stand Still Strong Taken Time Turn Value Without You

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The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality.

~Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Topics: About Agents Being Believe Christian Culture Defend Equality Extreme How Ignore Islam Islamic Just Left Name People Right Talking Themselves Tolerance Understand Upset Who You

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Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage jihad by radical imams who represent themselves as legitimate Muslim clergymen.

~Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Topics: Basic Being Born Faith Fired Islamic Jihad Legitimate Muslim People Preachers Radical Represent Scripture Some Themselves Up Using Wage Who Whom Young Young People

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I feel like one of the things that is central to American life is the religious experience, and I think that the experience of being Muslim in America is as valid and as important a perspective on the religious experience of America as evangelical Christianity or Judaism - whatever it may be.

~Ayad Akhtar

Topics: America American American Life Being Central Christianity Evangelical Experience Feel Important Judaism Life Like May Muslim One Of The Things Perspective Religious Religious Experience Things Think Valid Whatever I Think I Feel I Feel Like

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I see the American experience as being defined by the immigrant paradigm of rupture and renewal: rupture with the old world, the old ways, and renewal of the self in a bright but difficult New World.

~Ayad Akhtar

Topics: American American Experience Being Bright Defined Difficult Experience Immigrant New New World Old Old Ways Old World Paradigm Renewal See Self Ways World I See

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Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Basic Before Being Consider Do-It-Yourself Even Failure Father Feminist Generally Growing Growing Up Had Hammer Hand He His Jewish Jews Knew Manage Married More Needed Only Owned Pair Real Shoe Something Thought Tool Tools Up Used

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I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms. I think it's a terrible lesson, to use physical punishment to make a point about not behaving, not being kind to their siblings, to other people. I mean that's just absurd. But I've lost it, I understand it.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: About Absurd Behaving Being Children Every Had Instance Just Kind Lesson Like Lost Make Mean Never Other People Physical Point Punishment Remember Sibling Tattooed Terrible Think Understand Use Wish I Think I Wish

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