Talib Kweli Quotes
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
Taylor Swift -
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
Halle Berry -
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
A. B. Yehoshua -
At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
Halsey -
By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
Paris Hilton
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi -
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
Valentina Tereshkova -
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
Irving Babbitt -
I don't see myself as a diva at all.
Bebe Neuwirth -
Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
Edgar Wright -
Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
Victoria Principal
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
Ida Lupino -
If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
T. C. Boyle -
Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
Hans Blix -
A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
Barbara Corcoran -
I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
Carl Sandburg -
When you're filming, it's very different from what you see on screen.
Maisie Williams
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I have a twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, "Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious," because, who cares? But, I think it can serve as a platform for talking about things that matter to me, like the organizations that I work with. As pretentious as that sounds, it is true. You can really make a difference, if you can create a following and actually represent who you are, as opposed to how people want to portray you. But, I don't know what the balance is.
Zoey Deutch -
It is the system of nationalist individualism that has to go....We are living in the end of the sovereign states....In the great struggle to evoke a Westernized World Socialism, contemporary governments may vanish....Countless people...will hate the new world order....and will die protesting against it.
H. G. Wells -
I like rock music that has melody, but it also makes you wanna get up and dance.
Albert Hammond, Jr. -
We are the first atheistic and global, all-embracing civilization. You cannot tell whether you are sitting at an airport in Hong Kong or in a hotel in Alaska. Everything is instrumentalized, subjected to a short-term purpose. It is quite possible that in such a situation any sense of a deeper meaning gets lost.
Vaclav Havel -
The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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