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I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.


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I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.
SLICK RICK Who'll win? I'm probably going to be a bit controversial here and say I think England may win it,
DENNIS LILLEE Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.
SLICK RICK I thought we matured a little tonight.
DICK DAVEY He's matured. James Blake has grown up, not unlike Roger Federer. He's slowed down his mind a little...
MATS WILANDER The impression I get is it is considered a controversial topic, and people don't feel comfortable co...
JOSHUA MALINA I think we have to be a bit guarded here, given all the journalists who have been put behind bars in...
JOHN KAMM I'm sure that at some point there's going to be talk about Rick being a lame duck. But there's nothi...
GEOFF PETRIE We've just been nostalgic about old-school hip hop, listening to it at home and looking at peopl...
YOON AHN I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Governor Kempthorne has taken stands on endangered species that have been controversial. I think the...
JUSTIN HAYES I got kicked on the inside at the end of the game in Portland. It was a bone bruise. It was real puf...
DEREK ANDERSON Freedom carries sacrifice,
3 DOORS DOWN I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find...
ETHAN ZUCKERMAN Nothing has been discussed that is remotely controversial about my past involvement with Devco. Even...
GEORGE ZOFFINGER We didn't get into it, other than she was concerned about Rick and she felt that it was a tough situ...
WAYNE GRETZKY I have a better head of hair than Rick Perry; it's just not in a place I can show you.
KINKY FRIEDMAN Apple prices probably not going to be any different. And a smaller apple has always been said to be ...
DANNY JOHNSON I kicked off... and things went on from there... down and down.
RONALD BIGGS I probably could have kicked it a little better, but it wasn't a bad kick.
JEFF REED I enjoy being a little controversial and messing with people sometimes. But that?s not very good bus...
JAKE BREBES I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a s...
REBECCA PIDGEON I had to slow the game down and pick my spots when to be aggressive. That's one of the biggest ways ...
BEN JOHNSON I had to slow the game down and pick my spots when to be aggressive. That's one of the biggest ways ...
BEN JOHNSON (BASEBALL PLAYER) I had honestly thought to close again, but Linda, Betty and Kent are doing the work and somehow the ...
ELKE ALLEN If sales prices come down a little bit, it will open the doors for more buyers to come into the hous...
BOB MOULTON Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists a...
ADELLE DAVIS The city of Greensboro has to show leadership in bringing people of different viewpoints together. I...
YVONNE JOHNSON The city of Greensboro has to show leadership in bringing people of different viewpoints together, ....
YVONNE JOHNSON When I saw him jump for it and it kicked away, I just put my head down. I kept on going, hoping ther...
CURTIS GRANDERSON Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
DIANNE FEINSTEIN It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I ...
DIABLO CODY An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping an...
SAMUEL BUTLER The position, frankly, never matured to what I expected it to be.
JAMES MULLEN All year long I was worried about if we were gonna go out and show our youth. We did that a little b...
HUTTON JONES I am not afraid to be controversial, because people with a voice are controversial. And I am one of ...
A.J. CHILSON Whenever I hit big shots, it's because John dominated down low and freed it up for me. They're so fo...
CHRIS KENNY With the way the precious metals and the oil continue to soar, I think the market may be just a bit ...
CHIP HANLON This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a...
JANE PAULEY My tables--meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. At least ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, ...
VINCENT VAN GOGH Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by th...
MIGUEL We have the right to know because day to day we come to work and we fear that the doors may be close...
CAROLINA REYES 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON We found that a slick truck can also be on the edge in the draft. We found last year that we want a ...
DAVID STARR A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson...
DEYTH BANGER It seems like they are after Rick for every little thing. I?m just trying to run it like a business ...
BETTY ROBERTS Steve, Rick and Josh are all favorites. Steve might be a little bit ahead. What hurt Steve last year...
MARK OLSEN When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mo...
LEV YILMAZ He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one ...
EARL SCRUGGS Because it was so controversial, we said, 'Let's show people we mean what we said,'
FRANK BROWN Clearly I'm able to read emotions. But I do feel... What is it? Awkwardness. I'm not a slick...
LOUIS THEROUX For me, I found working with Rick fascinating. I want as much data as I can get -- then break it dow...
AL LEITER Curran's whore comes to visit us," Jarek said in accented English.

The three men laughed ...
ILONA ANDREWS A month ago we would've laid down in that spot. We've matured so much. When I looked into their eyes...
CRAIG SWARTOUT I knew when he threw it that he lost the grip a little bit, ... I told him it was a great decision, ...
MARK BRUNELL I do think that the staff in a suite-style residence hall has to take into consideration that helpin...
ALICIA BROWNE I never really expected to be controversial.
B. F. SKINNER Everybody's got the ultimate confidence in Rick and knows he's going to do his job. He's out there h...
JAYSON SWAIN Yeah, it was a little slick. But some of these guys when they put helmets on turn into idiots, too.
TIMOTHY PETERS The U.S. and the international community has a failed policy in that it has not promoted security an...
LARRY BIRNS It may be that the seemingly intrinsic attraction that past time has for me is merely a desire for e...
DAVID SOUTER In general, the passage of the budget is expected to go smoothly, given it contains little that is n...
DAMIAN FRASER When I first heard about it, I was interested. But the tickets are a little pricey, and there's an A...
ERIC MYERS Champions all get kicked when they're down.
APOLO OHNO They're in our region and within close proximity. (The game) has two undefeated teams playing. From ...
BILL CLARK [Said Fix of his qualifying effort,] We have been making changes all day, the car got quicker and we...
GILLES VILLENEUVE Hands down, Rick Ross is a genius. Hands down, Diddy is a genius. Hands down, Kanye is a genius. All...
BETTY WRIGHT Sometimes fate or life or whatever you want to call it, leaves a door a little open and you walk thr...
GAYLE FORMAN I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because ...
CHRISTINA MILIAN I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the d...
MAXINE WATERS It's exciting, because if I go down there and play well, hopefully it will open up a lot of doors. I...
DEREK DAMON He has a beautiful stroke. Pure as Rick Barry.
BILL BAKAMUS I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down...
BARRY LEVINSON Arnica is great. I got kicked in the stomach by a horse once, and some adult slapped arnica all over...
JASMINE GUINNESS This big decline may seem a little on the aberrant side, and we have to be careful about it, but at ...
ANTHONY CHAN We should have made the plays that we were able to make. We kicked it a little bit and put them righ...
LEO VELEAS There were windows smashing and flames right up to the roof. The officers just kicked down the door....
JUSTIN WHITE They're a good club. Props to them. They kicked our butts twice but we got 'em once. That third (gam...
JOSH UPCHURCH The sophomores have matured from last year, but we are still a young team. We gained some experience...
AMY ESTRY Brandon has matured physically and his technique. He is a top notch receiver.
BRANDON MILLER It almost feels like we've been kicked back to a secondary event unfortunately. I wish Tim would loo...
STEPHEN AMES He's really focused. He knows what has to be done. He's focused on the task at hand. He wants to hav...
JOE ANOAI I thought that would get us down a little bit. But we got it down and drove down methodically to sco...
JAMES STOKES The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted ...
RAY LIOTTA It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
LAURA SCHLESSINGER Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It st...
PATRICK EWING It isn't a market that has matured, but there is more interest. Given where inflation has been - I'v...
CASEY COLTON What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respect...
SONNY ROLLINS It was really slick. It was nerve-racking. A UPS truck hit me and I don't know what happened after t...
JAMES GRAVES Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easi...
ADAM DRIVER We just flat got our butts kicked. We didn't show up to play.
SAMUEL WEST It's going to be controversial because it introduces a lot of volatility.
HOWARD SILVERBLATT Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but t...
TOM COTTON You Won’t Be Thanked For Kicking Down The Doors of Perception And Revealing Infinity To Others.
DEAN CAVANAGH It would only be normal and it would show a little respect to the clubs that release their players t...
SEPP BLATTER I became more confident within myself and matured as a person and become a little bit more opinionat...
KENNY CUNNINGHAM

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b) Cold shivers up your s...
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Percy: the ...
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His hair was grease...
RICK RIORDAN He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…
“Okay,�...
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Then he gasped and pointed to th...
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"Yeah?"
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"Yeah?"
"Cerb...
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"That's not what I me...
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RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?"

I don't hate you."

Could've foole...
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You'd probably ki...
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"Y...
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They tell me cool stuff."
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Her...
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RICK RIORDAN Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa...
RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

RICK RIORDAN Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.<...
RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson...
RICK RIORDAN You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats th...
RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDAN The real world is where the monsters are.
RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
RICK RIORDAN Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of h...
RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
RICK RIORDAN She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbre...
RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
RICK RIORDAN She held up her calloused, grimy fingers. Leo couldn't help thinking there was nothing hotter than a...
RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
RICK RIORDAN Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of wha...
RICK RIORDAN Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we ...
RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
RICK RIORDAN Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. He hoped all sons of Neptune didn't share the ...
RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
RICK RIORDAN Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
RICK RIORDAN