Talib Kweli Quotes
So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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I always drive like a madman.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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I'm evangelical.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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I knew I had to be sure-footed about the issues I was talking about. When you're twenty-nine years old, who the hell is going to think you're credible? It wasn't enough to have ideas; I had to know my facts. I had to demonstrate command from the minute I started running. I understood that was the test I had to pass.
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I know a lot of the intense moments in 'Titanic' were made that much easier and were pushed to even further limits because of that relationship.
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I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
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The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.
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What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination. We know the world only through our relationship to it. Therefore, to know the world, we must not only examine it but we must simultaneously examine the examiner.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
