Talib Kweli Quotes
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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Cryptocurrencies in general give us a stable medium through which we can communicate our information about values and prices in a way that no government mandarin can distort or usurp. For the predators who have used our central institutions to predate on the rest of humanity, it's a very bad development.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.
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There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there's also a side of it that's just like magic. You can't quite put your finger on it, and you can't quite describe or prescribe a formula for how to get that magic exactly, but when you feel it and when you see it,you know that's what it is. It's magic.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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We're here to win. We're not here just for the experience.
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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.
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There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
