Quote by Gil Scott-Heron
Everything thats bad for you catches on too quickly in America, be

Everything thats bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because thats the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people. – Gil Scott-Heron

Other quotes by Gil Scott-Heron

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Peace
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Ive always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? Were not protesting from the outside. Were inside. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didnt want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen. – Gil Scott-Heron

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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media. – Garrett Graff

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So many reality shows are scripted and create this fake drama, and its a bunch of bull. We wanted to do something real and something wholesome and something thats focused on positive family values. – Bill Rancic

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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive. – Alan Cumming

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I dont personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isnt having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones. – Lev Yilmaz

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