“When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way.” WayMeanSelfEnoughSpellsFulfillingProphecyCastingHoodEnough TimeCloaksSelf Fulfilling Prophecy Author:Feist
“Faced with the way the system does you in the 'hood sometimes, if you don't literally get out, your chances are slim. You'll definitely die mentally. You'll pretty much die physically.” IfsWayDoeSometimesDiesChanceChances AreHoodSlimFiasco Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I grew up in the 'hood around prostitutes, drug dealers, killers, and gangbangers, but I also grew up juxtaposed: On the doorknob outside of our apartment, there was blood from some guy who got shot; but inside, there was National Geographic magazines and encyclopedias and a little library bookshelf situation.” LittlesGuySituationBloodGrewDrugGrew UpShotsLibraryMagazinesKillersApartmentHoodDealerBookshelvesEncyclopediaDrug DealersFiascoNational Geographic Author:Lupe Fiasco
“If you can love death you become deathless; if you can understand non-being then your being becomes the very ground of being-hood, the very ground of God. If you can love non-being then nothing can destroy you, you have transcended time and space. Then you have become one with the total, and this is what holiness is - to become whole is to be holy.” IfsSelfWholeSpaceHolyHolinessTime And SpaceHoodDeathlessLove Death Author:Rajneesh
“Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.” NeedsRealSpeakCommunityRootsClaimsRapSupposed To BeJetHoodKeeping It RealRelinquishingPrivate Jet Author:Chuck D
“People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.” PeopleIfsLooksRichStealingLook UpHoodRobinsRobin Hood Author:Vincent Cassel
“New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.” RealityCitiesHood Author:Tommy Davidson
“My agent asked if I fancied Robin Hood and I thought: 'Yeah, why not?' I hadn't watched it, to be honest, but I'd seen bits and knew it was really popular Saturday family viewing with heaps of action. I thought it would be great fun. I was up for a good old play-fighting and the scripts were terrifically exciting.” IfsPlayWould BeActionFightingFunBitsHonestExcitingYeahScriptsAgentsBeing HonestWhy NotSaturdayHoodRobinsRobin HoodReally Popular Author:Joanne Froggatt
“This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood.” ArtMediaHollywoodEntertainmentHoodRobinsRobin Hood Author:Van Morrison
“Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are looking good. You're everything a big bad wolf could want.” WantLittlesBigsGamesRedHeyRidingLooking GoodHoodNurseryRed Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood Author:Sam the Sham
“HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest sense, it's about the whole of society and not just about the hood.” IfsMadeWholeFilmHatePoliceMade ItMaking MoneyPolice BrutalityBrutalityHood Author:Mathieu Kassovitz