The most wasted of days is one without laughter. – E.E. Cummings

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I think - a lot of times in hip-hop, especially - artists get kind of pigeonholed into being 'the guy,' and it's kind of limiting in a way. -MF Doom

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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...

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The song 'Bite the Thong' in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, 'Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?' Nowadays, you can just do it - have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n' rollers - and it's not considered selling out. -MF Doom

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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

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Scars are not injuries. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.— China Miéville

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Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that. -MF Doom

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Being older now, grown, I'm like, 'What do we really do that's fun?' I'm kind of corny when you think about it. What could I rhyme about? Let me see, um, I gotta pay the rent today. -MF Doom

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When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any sympathy. -Alexei Navalny

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A painter without a brush is like a weasel without a tongue ― Leonardo da Vinci

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