Ab-Soul (Herbert Anthony Stevens IV) Quotes
My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.
Quotes to Explore
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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I'm from Georgia, and everybody gathers around food in the South.
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The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
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I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.
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You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
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To love another person is to see the face of God.
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À l'heure, si sombre encore, de la civilisation où nous sommes, le misérable s'appelle L'HOMME; il agonise sous tous les climats, et il gémit dans toutes les langues.
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I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!'
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There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
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I am still cautiously hopeful about the potential of the Internet. But it seems that the greatest revolution in communication has been hijacked by commercial values.
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When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody.
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Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.
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I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
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If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot.
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My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.
