Talib Kweli Quotes
I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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I've been very lucky.
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To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability.
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That went on for a long time: telling various tales from my experience being anorexic and bulimic, and having people say, 'You've got to write this; you are a writer,' and me not knowing how to approach the material.
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If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.
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Drugs, alcohol and ego. They are a bad mix.
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I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
