Talib Kweli Quotes
Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
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There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers, not just for yourself. Many writers say that they write to be loved. I place myself among those writers.
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I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is rehashed rock n' roll.
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I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.
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I'm a slow starter, but it's time to flip on the switch.
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A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
