“When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where I am. Why I'm here. My moms and my brother and my old man. I can just think about the character's life and try and figure out what's gonna happen. Plus when you're in a group home you pretty much can't go anywhere, right? But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy.” IfsThinkingMenWorldWayFeelsTryingDoeI CanBookCharacterHomeHappensMy OwnGroupsFiguresAdventureBrotherLike YouMomMadFollowingMy MomMy BrotherPlusOld ManMy Own LifeMain CharactersNerdy Author:Matt de la Pena
“This group came on stage, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and this whirling dervish, this electrifying white soul singer was so riveting. And I'm seeing this and I said, 'My God, this is a musical revolution.'” SaidSoulBigsWhiteCompanySeeingGroupsStageBrotherRevolutionMusicalSingersWhirling Dervish Author:Clive Davis
“At the time of starting this band I was listening to tons of death metal. However, the bands that made me want to be in a band to begin with were groups like Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Sepultura... everything that my dad would buy and bring home to me and my brother saying 'Hey, listen to this'.” WantMadeHomeGroupsBrotherListeningDadBandMy DadStartingHeyMy BrotherMetalsSlayerDeath Metal Author:Mitch Lucker
“Farrakhan got everybody together for the Million Man March and everything. But Farrakhan don't like the Jews. Which is bugged. I get my hair cut on Dekalb Avenue. I never been in a barbershop and heard a bunch of brothers talking about Jews. Black people don't hate Jews. Black people hate white people! We don't got time to dice white people up into little groups. I hate everybody! I don't care if you just got here. "Hey, I'm Romanian." "You Romanian cracker!"” PeopleIfsMenLittlesCareFunnyTogetherHateBlackWhiteTalkingMillionsComedyCuttingHeardGroupsBrotherHairI HateJewDon't CareBunchHeyI Don't CareMarchBlack PeopleAvenuesDiceDon't HateCrackersHair CutBarbershop Author:Chris Rock
“I'm always telling the brothers some of those whites are willing to work with us against the pigs. All they got to do is stop talking honky. When the races start fighting, all you have is one maniac group against another.” FightingRaceTalkingGroupsWillingBrotherPigsManiacs Book:Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson Source: Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
“The inspiration was this great group of 40 or 50 relatives, sometimes for Thanksgiving or Passover or something and my brothers would just go up and make them laugh.” SometimesInspirationLaughingGroupsBrotherMy Brother Author:Billy Crystal
“A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch Big Brother.” BigsGovernmentExistenceWatchesGroupsBrotherCitizensEverydayRegimesFascistsCubanCastro Author:Bill Maher
“When my band MU landed on Maui in 1973 we were greeted by a wonderful group of peace loving brothers & sisters who we immediately formed a bond with. We had two instant roadies, Spider & Richard, who helped with every move of our musical equipment. We settled into our house on the edge of the rainforest that eventually became a portable studio. We started rehearsing and booked the Lahaina Civic Auditorium for a full moon concert starring MU and a local band The Space Patrol.” TwoMovingHouseSpaceWonderfulGroupsBrotherMoonBandMusicalEdgesStudiosLocalsInstantConcertsEquipmentSpidersCivicsFull MoonMauiRehearsingRainforestBrother SisterAuditoriums Author:Merrell Fankhauser
“I come from a musical family. My dad was in a group in the 70s, The Hudson Brothers. Now he's a songwriter and producer. So, I just kind of grew up with music and it was something I always knew I wanted to do.” KindWantedGroupsBrotherGrewDadGrew UpMusicalMy DadProducersSongwriters Author:Sarah Hudson
“The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, brother, husband or even her son. Terrorism becomes a bit of a family business.” FatherBitsReligiousGroupsSonBrotherHusbandTerrorismTerroristSecularInvolvement Author:Mia Bloom
“Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed. Then we had the right to speak up and gain some more rights, but what happened was there was a backlash. Why? Because we have the Salafists, Muslim Brothers, religious groups.” SpeakReligiousRightsHappenedGroupsBrotherRevolutionGainsBacklash Author:Nawal El Saadawi