Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.Questlove
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
Finn Wittrock -
The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
J. C. Watts -
I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.
Landon Donovan -
I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
Sacha Guitry -
I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
Jack Nicholson -
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
Oriana Fallaci
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
J. J. Abrams -
It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
Kara Swisher -
I'm relieved that after all these years of doing atrocity work, I still cry my eyes out every time I read the paper in the morning. It's surprising, actually.
Samantha Power -
Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
Walter O'Brien -
Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
Irina Shayk -
When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
Nate Holland
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I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
Carine Roitfeld -
If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
Carl Safina -
I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
Vera Wang -
Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
E. M. Forster -
I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
Manuel Puig -
I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
Barry Diller
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Lack of knowledge... that is the problem.
W. Edwards Deming -
The American people want to have trust in their leaders.
David Plouffe -
I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
Twyla Tharp -
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
Questlove