Talib Kweli Quotes
We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned to consumers
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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I like to stay home with my family.
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'
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I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.
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In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.
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Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.
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My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.
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My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.
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We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned to consumers
