The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we've never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county jail, I didn't even get a felony. I have yet to get a felony, which is… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Men need to be strong, but not bullies. They need to know how to not get emotionally lost in situations, but not be cold and emotionless. They need to know the full variety of emotions as well as thinking and… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“A friend once told me a story about a former Black Panther leader in a Midwest community who in the 1960s had his phone… — Luis J. Rodríguez Copy Share Image
I worked in a steel mill, I worked in a foundry, I worked in a paper mill, I worked in a chemical refinery, construction,… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“you dont have solo rights to anything anymore,not even your crazy life” — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I moved into the garage at my mom's house, she wouldn't let me into the house, and the garage didn't have any running water.… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
One summer I was homeless in L.A., when I was about fifteen, and I used to go to the library to get books. I… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one. — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we've never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“my task is to make you hear,to make you feel ,and ,above all,to make you see,that is all,and it is everything” — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I was arrested and put in murder's row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn't do. They had me in… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
![“We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families and communities can do. Let's strengthen our core relationships from the start - and all the way through a young person's life. This is the best way to avoid the growth…” quote by Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f3/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_balanced_we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-t_933688.jpg)
