Talib Kweli Quotes
So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.
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I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.
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I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we just fill our lives with stuff so we don't really make any choice at all, which is certainly incredibly luxurious.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?'
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I don't think fashion is evil.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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I'm not a great writer.
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'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different layers, because they are all a part of the character.
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At school, I never had a hold on English history, and cheder was a place run by sadistic incompetents, so I felt alienated from the Jewish part of my past.
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So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.
