Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good record. But mostly I'm more of a businessman than a music fan, so I'm listening to music in terms of, is this effective or not effective?
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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Genes work with probabilities; they don't work with certainties. So most things that you're looking at with these genetic tests, it's not like you're condemned to automatically get the disease or the syndrome. There's a lot of factors in play there.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.
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It takes longevity to earn respect.
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Now God killed John Lennon and he let Barry Manilow survive,But the good Lord blessed little Adrian Mitchell with the fastest cock alive.
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I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good record. But mostly I'm more of a businessman than a music fan, so I'm listening to music in terms of, is this effective or not effective?
