Talib Kweli Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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I'm not a sun person.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.
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Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of the past.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
