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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I feel so fortunate and lucky I don't have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer.
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I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.
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It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years.
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For all families, participation in music and the arts, can help people reclaim and achieve the American dream.
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I'll never leave 'Community,' no matter what. You're either a lifer, or you're not.
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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.
