Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes

Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?'

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• My family background was deeply Christian.

  

  Abbe Pierre
  • Family
  • Christian

• You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

  

  Victor Kiam
  • Men
  • You
  • Serving

• Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • People
  • True
  • Wish

• I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • Me
  • Strange
  • Hated

• I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Time
  • Love
  • Acting

• Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Want
  • You
  • Working Hard

• The future is keeping you out of the present time.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Time
  • Future
  • Present

• I'm a big fan of 'Akira,' and I think comics are a great place to tell intelligent, fantastical stories. You can say stuff that you wouldn't be able to in other mediums.

  

  Finn Jones
  • Great
  • Think
  • Intelligent

• Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Important
  • Want
  • Strength

• When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • True
  • Person
  • Playing

• I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.'

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Acting
  • Call
  • Pills

• Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain - All, all the stretch of these great green states - And make America again!

  

  Langston Hughes
  • People
  • Great
  • America

• I sing and drink and sleep on floorsAnd try hard not to be annoyedBy all these people worrying about me.So when I'm suffering through some awful drive,You occasionally cross my mind.It's my hidden hope that you are still among them.Well, are you?

  

  Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
  • People
  • Mind
  • Hope

• No matter how long our politicians order people to sing songs of praise, no matter how many fireworks they launch into the heavens, and no matter how many foreign leaders they embrace, they cannot arouse a genuine mood of joy and celebration among the people.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Long
  • Joy

• I loved playing the stuff we did in the Byrds. It was a good band. I was lucky to be in it.

  

  Chris Hillman The Byrds
  • Good
  • Band

• I've got that European swagger.

  

  Kristaps Porzingis

• The present danger which this country faces is at least as great as the danger which we faced during the war with Germany and Japan. Briefly stated, it is the very real danger that this country, as we know it, may cease to exist.

  

  James Forrestal
  • Great
  • Country
  • Real

• There are those special projects that don't ever feel like work but just a blessing to be a part of, and 'Revolution' is one of those projects.

  

  Daniella Alonso
  • Work
  • Revolution

• Love exercised while duty is neglected will make children headstrong, willful, perverse, selfish, and disobedient. If stern duty is left to stand alone without love to soften and win, it will have a similar result. Duty and love must be blended in order that children may be properly disciplined.

  

  Ellen G. White
  • Children
  • May
  • Alone

• Go to the winter woods: listen there, look, watch, and "the dead months" will give you a subtler secret than any you have yet found in the forest.

  

  William Sharp
  • Giving
  • Secret
  • Winter

• There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Different
  • Important
  • Beauty

• Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'

  

  Lars Peter Hansen
  • People
  • Action
  • Problem

• I always wanted to be a futbol player, but I was never good enough.

  

  Diego Luna
  • Good
  • Player

• Jay-Z is a dude that can give you a hundred 'Simpsons' quotes, like, 'What you know about the monorail?'

  

  Questlove