Talib Kweli Quotes
Michael Bloomberg is a sensible guy. He's just privileged. He's a goddamn billionaire, and he or his family members have never had to deal with anything as remotely degrading as stop and frisk. So he has no point of reference.Talib Kweli Black Star
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
Rachel Kushner -
There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
Garth Brooks -
You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.
Damon Runyon -
Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Mao Zedong -
How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
Gail Collins
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
A. S. Byatt -
I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
Earl King -
Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature.
Manuel Puig -
Putin is like Al Capone.
Garry Kasparov -
One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
Yitzhak Navon -
Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
Dambisa Moyo -
Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.
Edsger Dijkstra -
I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that.
Oscar Isaac -
My characters are not underachievers; they aspire to great things, but they are limited by the world around them.
Said Sayrafiezadeh -
No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.
B. F. Skinner -
Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
Donald Trump
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Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
Jonah Lehrer -
If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area.
Bridget Moynahan -
It is urgent to shift from a traditional, authoritative, rote educational approach to a project-based and experiential approach. Specific hard skills are fundamental, but is even more important that students 'learn how to learn' and focus on crucial soft skills such as flexibility and the ability to adapt to change.
Alain Dehaze -
I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.
Jamie Dornan -
Michael Bloomberg is a sensible guy. He's just privileged. He's a goddamn billionaire, and he or his family members have never had to deal with anything as remotely degrading as stop and frisk. So he has no point of reference.
Talib Kweli Black Star