Music, Chess, Writing, 76ers
Ludwig van Beethoven, Malcolm X , Sinbad
Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Disco Biscuits, Nirvana, Wu-Tang Clan, David Bowie, Sonic Youth, The Who, The White Stripes, The Velvet Underground, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Blur, The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, G. Love & Special Sauce, A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Phish, Tool, The Roots, Burning Spear, The Zombies, Tortoise, Notorious B.I.G., Big In Japan, DJ Shadow, Pat Benatar, Curtis Mayfield, Television, Panda Power, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Queens Of The Stone Age, Air, Manu Chao, Marah, Public Enemy, Brothers Past, Jedi Mind Tricks, Frank Zappa, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Madonna, Devo, Bob Marley, The Human League, Immortal Technique, N.W.A., Nas, Alex Levine, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Copland, Grieg, Pietro Mascagni, Modest Mussorgsky, Wagner and lots of other dead white people
Mean Streets, Raising Arizona, Rocky, The Truman Show, Hoop Dreams, Boogie Nights, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Clockers, Sling Blade, A Woman Under The Influence, Natural Born Killers, Rosemary's Baby, 2001, Trading Places, The Terminator, Wet Hot American Summer, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Badlands, Alien, Annie Hall, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Back To The Future, Dead Alive, Heavenly Creatures, Vacation, Lawrence Of Arabia, Chariots Of Fire, Kentucky Fried Movie, What About Bob?, Shogun Assassin, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, John Cassavetes, Sidney Lumet, Spike Lee, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, John Landis, James Cameron, Roman Polanski
Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, Real World, The Wire, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Roseanne, The Jeffersons, The Office (UK), Maury Povich, Daytime TV, 90210
Animal Farm, Brideshead Revisited, The Last Temptation Of Christ, A Sense Of Where You Are, The Autobiography Of Malcolm X, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Lolita, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Graham Greene, Roald Dahl, Evelyn Waugh, Lester Bangs, Shel Silverstein, Charles Bukowski
"What's America afraid of? Education isn't a privilege for the privileged, it's a necessity for all -- athlete and nonathlete alike. It's easy to educate the bright kids, but even a deficient student should have the opportunity to get an education. I say don't discard a youngster because he doesn't have good grades or test scores. Educate him." John Chaney
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"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." Malcolm X
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If I were a swan I'd be gone
If I were a train I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were to sleep I could dream
If I were afraid I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon I'd be cool
If I were a rule I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone I would cry
And if I were with you I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in the game
If I were a swan I'd be gone
If I were a train I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
Roger Waters