Talib Kweli Quotes
Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don't mean conservative in the good way, like we're saving money. I mean very intolerant.

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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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If we freed up all the money in the certification process, think about how much more money we'd have to put into teacher salaries.
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I am a workaholic. I am very restless, and I am always looking for good work. I don't act for the heck of it; I do it because I love it.
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I don't read a lot of books.
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Nine per cent of my viewers are men, of which the majority is, I think, 45 to 50. I like to tell myself it's just my dad watching.
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Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don't mean conservative in the good way, like we're saving money. I mean very intolerant.