Talib Kweli Quotes

Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.

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• There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Problem
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• I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • People
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• When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
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• We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.

  

  D. B. Weiss
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• I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
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• The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.

  

  Nancy A. Collins
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• The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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• Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.

  

  B. D. Wong
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  • Very

• I am a just man.

  

  Fidel Castro
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• I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

  

  Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
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• I sleep a lot on Sunday. It's really great.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
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• I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.

  

  Rachel Platten
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• I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.

  

  Wavy Gravy
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• People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • People
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• As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.

  

  B. D. Wong
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• Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.

  

  Larry Page
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• Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.

  

  Taslima Nasrin
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• Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.

  

  Calvin Harris
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• There is no right religion, and no one can prove that there is.

  

  Jesse Ventura

• It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
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• Professionally, I was at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and did lots of things there, and then I won the BBC Carlton Hobbs Award, so I did some BBC Radio drama work, which is a lovely way to start out because you work with lots of great people, and you're working all the time, so you're learning rather than sitting around and waitressing.

  

  Lydia Leonard
  • People
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  • Work

• The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • God

• I have no idea why I won, man. I guess some people liked the music that I was doing. I'm just lucky. I was just doing my thing each week.

  

  Phillip Phillips
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• Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.

  

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