Talib Kweli Quotes
Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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My wife said to me... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.
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I believe in giving back.
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort of English phenomenon. There's traditionally a part of the show where they'll invite kids up on the stage to interact with the show. I was too young to remember this, but my dad says that I was running up onstage before they even asked us.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
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You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
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My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.
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When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
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Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. "You aren't nearly through this adventure yet," he added, and that was pretty true as well.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
