Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just can't see the world's on your shoulders and no day is a good day, you're missing the whole point of the experience. And that's something dogs know from the moment they come bounding up to you as a puppy.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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As life has a way of unfolding as it is meant to, I have learned to trust life.
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I love high-street fashion. I'm all about Topshop and Zara - even American Apparel. I love T-shirts and vests - simple things you can just live in. American Apparel also does the best bras - they're amazing.
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But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.
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I'm just steadily building myself up as Kelly Rowland, not just Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, which is a blessing to be able to do that.
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Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.
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It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.
