Rodney King quotes

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. (Rodney King)
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint. View quote
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Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them. View quote
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It made me feel like I was back in slavery days. View quote
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I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God. View quote
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People, I just want to say, you know, can we all JUST get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids? ... It's just not right. It's not right. It's not, it's not going to change anything. We'll, we'll get our justice ... Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to work it out. View quote
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People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? View quote
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Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym. View quote
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Can we all get along? View quote
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I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean. View quote
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I saw my hometown burning that day. (Rodney King)
When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart. View quote
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I tell myself time heals. It really does. View quote
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For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?' View quote
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I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me. View quote
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As a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run. View quote
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I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it. View quote
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Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry. View quote
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Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history. View quote
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We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us. View quote
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You know, before when (the police went) to work, they used to be like, 'I'm gonna kick somebody's ass today and so I hope I can catch somebody in a bad situation or breaking the law, because I'm gonna beat someone's ass in a big way, I think that attitude has changed. (Rodney King)
I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference. View quote
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It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded. View quote
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People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations. View quote
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Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people. View quote
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