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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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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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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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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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
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The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense.
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There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special.
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If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that?
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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My wife does wish I dressed better.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
