Talib Kweli Quotes
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
Oprah Winfrey -
And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
Bai Ling -
I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
Jack Prelutsky -
I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
Barry Eisler -
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
Salman Rushdie
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
Gabourey Sidibe -
Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
Yehuda Berg -
No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
Camille Paglia -
I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
Van Cliburn -
I see the demographics increasing, and by that I mean the notion of social acceptance is growing, not decreasing; I think the notion of fiscal responsibility is growing, not decreasing. And Republicans seem to be moving further away from those two categories than closer.
Gary Johnson
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
W. Edwards Deming -
As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. -
I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
Barry Larkin -
I was given the opportunity to run a business, but on that very same day, I understood that it comes with a lot of responsibility, and responsibility comes at a price.
Ofra Strauss -
Gucci Mane is my favorite artist.
Fetty Wap -
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
Orson Welles
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I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.
Aaron Sorkin -
People who are insecure about themselves will avoid social comparisons that are potentially threatening to their self-esteem.
Albert Bandura -
Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know?
Viggo Mortensen -
I think, especially among the New York intelligentsia at that time, that there was a reason Bob Dylan went to New York to happen, because there was a culture developed there around the ideas of civil rights, around the idea of democracy growing out of Emerson and Thoreau, these ideas of the fanfare for the common man.
T Bone Burnett -
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
Talib Kweli Black Star