Chuck D.
Chuck D.
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American emcee, author, and producer. As the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, he helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s . About.com ranked him at No. 9 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time, while The Source ranked him at No. 12 on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time...
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth1 August 1960
CityQueens, NY
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It was quite a difficult mission almost from start to finish.
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It was in the best interest of the city to resolve the cases and move forward.
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It's a category one climb - very tough. Then there is a pretty screaming downhill.
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It's a good indicator of just general growth, which benefits all areas of the economy.
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It's a gamble to go up against a major media company, but the governor obviously feels he has no choice because the newspaper is going to chomp at him, anyway.
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It's a real big win. We practiced hard all week. We didn't think about an upset being made, we just played hard the whole time.
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I've been coaching Marissa in softball since she was about 7 or 8, and she's a very good ball player. I felt this would be a great opportunity to go to Europe and put a finishing touch on her youth career before she goes to college.
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I understand that we're going to make physical errors - that's part of the game. However, we need to correct some mental errors we made. We were in the game and in position to win, but we just beat ourselves.
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There won't be much help from the federal or state level. Local response is going to be critical.
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The same thing is happening on the barrier islands, like Longboat Key and Anna Maria, when you have a red tide in the area, ... But the data is not at a fine enough resolution to tease out the economic impact.
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I've said it's a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.
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There's a kind of prevailing sensibility in any given moment in time, so sometimes the art world gravitates away from your issues, and then sometimes it will come back towards them.
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This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it.
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This kind of thing can just bring out all the resentment and anger from one party to another because they feel one of their own people has been violated. It has not been easy for him.