Talib Kweli Quotes
It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I'm training and preparing because nothing is predictable in boxing. I'm preparing for those rounds, and if it happens that I get a shot, whatever advantage I have, I will be ready for 12 rounds.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.
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So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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I hate when a movie just sort of ends and is so open-ended you feel like it wasn't finished. I appreciate leaving things up to the interpretation of the audience and letting them make decisions about where things will go in the future - but the director has to make a decision; otherwise it is sort of a cop-out.
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The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.
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If somebody gives me his hand, I will not look at him with suspicion.
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Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.
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Characters that are not the norm or a bit out of the ordinary are always a challenge as an actress. You learn more by using different tools for those type of characters. They are always much more fun to play and much more interesting. They take you places that you wouldn't necessarily go in your everyday life.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful romantic idea about love which was almost that you were a victim and there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be.
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My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.
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We need a national focus on increasing the sustainable growth rate of our economy.
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October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.
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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
