Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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I can't be disappointed with my first gold in a senior championship, and to score 5000 points, which only one other woman, the world record holder, has got over, I am satisfied.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.
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A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
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I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
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I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.
