Talib Kweli Quotes
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.
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I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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Right now the problem in Thailand is we have high debt, but we don't know how to earn the new source of revenue back to Thailand. This is my job.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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As American freemen, we cannot but sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty, but at the same time, we are warned by the admonitions of history and the voice of our own beloved Washington to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign nations.
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He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
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By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.
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Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.
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If we want children to learn to tend the land and nourish themselves and have conversations at the table, we need to communicate with them in ways that are positive.
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I think I'm a good actor, but to replicate tens of thousands of man hours in surgery is really hard.
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A good song can only do good, and I am proud of the songs I have sung. I hope to be able to continue singing these songs for all who want to listen, Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
