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Afrika Bambaataa

"When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture."

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Akiroq Brost

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

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"Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a nice cup of tea' invariably means Indian tea."

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"Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on the fruitless mission of filling the gaping hole within us with material things. Blindly, we consume more and more, believing we are hungry for more food, status, or money, yet really we are hungry for connection."

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"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."

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"To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul."

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"I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a bridge to promote understanding to counsel patience and to enlighten us with tolerance and empathy."

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"Culture, religion, and education, are conspiracies to standardize worldviews."

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"Confession. Years ago, I was invited to a cocktail party for an Asian-American networking group. As I introduced myself to a Japanese businessman, I reached out and firmly shook his hand. Much to my embarrassment now, I automatically took my other hand and wrapped our hands in a "hand hug. This is a common gesture of friendship in the South. As his wife approached, however, she appeared appalled and felt disrespected that I was touching her husband. Our cultural differences were marked. Despite this cultural mishap, I was able to redeem myself. We all moved past it and delighted in an interesting conversation. Physical touch is a touchy topic (pun intended), especially when various cultures are involved."

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"The nation that honors a dancer more than a scholar is no more a nation."

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"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence."

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"They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family."

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