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" A lot of us who are creative and have all these great ideas just don't have the money to do it. "
Kerby Jean-Raymond
Great
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Just
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" We're constantly having to go head-to-head with the Bernie Madoffs of the world who just want more and more money. "
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" We need to think forward and keep making America greater. Not that old America, again. "
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" I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results. "
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" I wanted to be a sneaker designer since I was 10; it was my dream to work at Nike and design signature shoes for Michael Jordan and Penny Hardaway. When it was time to select high schools, I wanted to go to one that would help me get a jump-start on my dream. "
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" Financing is always the hard part, especially if you don't have friends or family to back you, which was my case and the case for most designers. "
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" I was going to college on a full scholarship. I graduated summa cum laude. I was always on the dean's list. I was never a kid that started any kind of trouble. "
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" I played baseball, was on the basketball team in high school, did crew at Hofstra, and randomly played ultimate frisbee, too. But none of the organized teams I was on were anywhere near as competitive as the games on the street. "
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" Our first fiscal year, we were profitable. "
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" My dad was always so strict that I was scared to speak to him. Haitian parents are very, 'This is adults' business; this is kids' business.' "
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" I grew up thinking my father was tacky. There was no color coordination. It was whatever was cool. 'These sweatpants are cool. I'll wear them with these shoes that are cool.' He had less inhibitions. I wasn't respectful of his swag then. "
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" America is a flawed land but a great one indeed. "
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" I don't know which was the first love - music or fashion. "
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" I design for social media. My customer reads blogs, is on social media, so I design with contrast in mind. An all-black shirt looks good on the shelf but not online. "
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" I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified - it was a very rough neighborhood. He felt that if I got into or started embracing the rap culture, I would be one step closer to being on the streets. "
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" I hope that people who don't believe depression is a real thing will stop calling people crazy, because that's dismissive and not a medical diagnosis. "
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" We're always ready for a pick-up game. I walk through the park on the way home every day and just think to myself, 'I'll take on any of these kids.' "
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Day
Walk
" Nobody can shut the door in your face if you own the door. "
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" In my shows, I always try to incorporate music because it's the most natural way to set a tone. So if I want to do a show about depression, I use the opera. If I want to do a show about greed, I use spoken word. If I want to do a show about the injustice that's taking place in the world, I might play Sam Cooke. "
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" If you put the collections together, whether it's Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, or whomever, sometimes they do streetwear, but they're never called that. They're always called 'sportswear' or 'high-end' or 'luxury.' I feel like I'm tossed into that streetwear category so that I don't exist in this space. "
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" All it took was one conversation to know that Reebok was the right home for our team. "
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" A president's power is limited. We need to vote down the ballot as well, from your councilman all the way up to your governors and congressman. "
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" There were times when gangs would approach me, but my father was way stronger than them. They would come make threats and stuff, and I was like, 'You don't know the opposition I've got upstairs. I'm not scared of you.' "
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" With things that I'm going through, whether they be on a small scale or a large scale, I'm thinking, 'Who else is going through this? And how can I address it and bring it to light to help someone else?' "
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" If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly. "
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" Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work. "
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" The work of black creatives seems to always get undermined in one way or another, and that's what this new generation is actively changing by speaking up. We aren't accepting group categorization and group classifications to describe our work anymore - it just leads to group dismissal. "
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" All clothes are worn on the street, but 'streetwear' had once described T-shirt brands and skate-inspired brands, and now it's just a lazy innuendo used to describe clothing made by designers that the establishment deems 'less than.' "
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" My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album. "
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