Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

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• I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.

  

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• I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.

  

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• How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

  

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• In the works of Duchamp, space begins to walk and take on form; it becomes a machine that spins arguments and philosophizes; it resists movement with delay and delay with irony.

  

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• We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.

  

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• I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat.

  

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• Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!

  

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• I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.

  

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• The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.

  

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• 'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

  

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• Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

  

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• When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.

  

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• The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.

  

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• The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.

  

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• Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

  

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• Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

  

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• My sister was on me really bad yesterday to shoot more. The queen had spoken, so I had to come in and shoot.

  

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• The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long time, his entire character; and, more often than not, he ends up becoming what the German language so appropriately calls a Fachidiot (professional idiot).

  

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• I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

  

  Questlove
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