"People have set that up as a standard,……" — Sun Ra
"People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country."
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40 Quotes by Sun Ra
Sun Ra has 40 quotes on this site.
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Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.
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I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself.
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I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I…
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Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is…
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The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.
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Space is not only high, it's low. It's a bottomless pit.
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If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life.
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Those who will not dance will have to be shot
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If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes
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I’m not a prophet. I’m a destiny-changer. It’s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change…
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I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.
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In the world of tomorrow, the new man will 'think' the place he wants to go, then his mind will…
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It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are…
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
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It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no…
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An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a…
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
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I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens,…
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Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.
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Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot…
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I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the…
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Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
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