Adrian Younge Luke Cage’ came out in 1972 at the height of the blaxploitation era. It was a literary response to this notion of blaxploitation movies. It was the first time in American culture that Hollywood was embracing black movies. – Adrian Younge American Quotes Black Quotes Blaxploitation Quotes Cage Quotes Culture Quotes Embracing Quotes Era Quotes Height Quotes Hollywood Quotes Literary Quotes Luke Quotes Movies Quotes Notion Quotes Response Quotes Time Quotes When Curtis Mayfield made ‘Super Fly,’ he used the lyric to make a statement. I always say to people that I left hip-hop in ’97, meaning that I departed from listening to predominately hip-hop and just started really getting into records from the late ’60s, early ’70s. And once I made that change, I realized how much great music was made back in the day, and it started to become apparent how much we’ve lost in music.
Sven-Goran Eriksson Italian footballers can take a coffee and sit for two hours talking, laughing. – Sven-Goran Eriksson
Emily Maitlis I have facial blindness. It’s hugely embarrassing as it makes me seem supercilious or snobbish. – Emily Maitlis
Ann Patchett I think it’s brain chemistry. I’m a positive, cheerful person, and I think it is absolutely the luck of the draw. I think the life I have had has come largely from the chemicals in my head. I see my life as good, and I think, a lot of times, if you see your life as good, then that’s how it turns out. – Ann Patchett
Lisa Rinna In our house, everybody is always dancing around and singing. We have a dance floor outside at our house, a big, huge dance floor that we all dance on. – Lisa Rinna
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