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People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic - even a bartender. And a barbecue cook. But they didn't tell you that.

— Bobby Seale

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer.

— Bobby Seale

When I was a kid doing television, they'd stick a leather jacket on me, and I would be the thug.

— Phil Daniels

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.

— Sade Adu

I'm not thuggy.

— Kesha

I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.

— Coolio

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years.

— Kangana Ranaut

I'm not a gangster, bro.

— ASAP Rocky

I guess I am a rapper. It's weird to be called that, or tell someone that's your profession.

— Action Bronson

I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.

— Michael K. Williams

✗Opposing Perspectives

I know some 'thugs,' and they know I'm the furthest thing from a thug. I've fought that my whole life, just coming from where I'm coming from.

— Richard Sherman