Talib Kweli Quotes
I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, "Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week." But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I love acting.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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A mother will come up to me and say, 'Will you meet my son? He loves you. He watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' a thousand times.'
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
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Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share.
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I think the job of writing and literature is to encourage each one of us to believe that we're living in a story.
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I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man’s destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth... I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.
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My goal is to embrace the people, the 'natural resources' of Israel, and to build businesses with the creative Israelis.
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I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, "Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week." But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.
