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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

Because Came Come Deeply
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.

Against Anything Being Business
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The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

Against Commission Crime Crimes
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.

Acting Always Ambition Had
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I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

About Because Come Culture
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Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

Brutality Country Creature Crime
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I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

About Clinic Contribution Cousin
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

Accusing Becomes Capital Capital Punishment
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.

Bound Brave Brave Men Cannot
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I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.

Afternoon Back Big Came
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Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.

Against Fallen Me More
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I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.

About Anything Cast Casting
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

Afro Bestial Race A
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.

Ballot Ballot Box Box Civil
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
Grown Increasing Intelligence Mob
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I get criticized for taking roles in films like 'Ghost Rider 2', but if you look at my resume, dude, I've mixed it up as much as I can.

Criticized Dude Films Get
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.

Degree Foundation Government Inhabitants
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

American Backbone South Thus
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

Favor Forgotten Hot Just
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

Get Like Me More
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The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

Became Complete Fraud Intimidation
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Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive.
Me Nobody Really Sensitive
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.

Figure Happened Looked Me
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.

Angry Any Australia Chill
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Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.

Any Become Commercial Edge
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My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

Artistic Arts Began Candle
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My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

Me Mom Nice Saint
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.

Classes Cool Dance Dance Classes
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I think most music provides the same messages - whether it be 'I'm unhappy' or 'I love a girl.' I just liked the package of rap music.

Girl I Love I Think Just
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I'm a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it's been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I'm a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff.

About Area Away Become
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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
Art Even I Think Music
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T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

Brother Call Career Close
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.

Anyone Bothering Could Done
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A lot of young musicians get the money at the wrong time. They get it for something they don't feel great about, and it'll make you feel so bad it'll destroy you and kill you.

About Bad Destroy Feel
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If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.

Across Feeling Gets Gift
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'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it.

About Bodies Energies Everything
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The most successful stuff is sold to you as indispensable social information. The message in the music is, 'We are terribly, terribly slick and suave, and if you listen to us, you can probably get a leg up in society, too.'

Get Indispensable Information Leg
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The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.

Commercial Going Gonna Idea
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My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.

American American Music Audience General
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At university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy poets, and I came to view my early subjects through that prism.

About Been Came Crazy
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I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.

Always Am Away Back
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It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.

Although Dress Fun Look
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Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.

Art Censor Go Me
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
Call Good Just People
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.

Crazy Kind Like Mom
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.

Basically Like Musical Plumbing
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I love purple because my name is Amethyst.

Because I Love Love Name
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Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.

Basketball Boat Current Excel
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I love musk oil. There's something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.

About Being I Love Love
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

Also Bittersweet Child Dad
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