Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
Questlove
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
Camille Paglia
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
Zoe Foster Blake
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
J. Michael Straczynski
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
Adam DeVine
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
Dana Schutz
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I invented animals and birds – I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.
Jack Prelutsky
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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.
Marissa Mayer
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Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are; it solely relies on how you think.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
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A few rules include all that is necessary for the perfection of the definitions, the axioms, and the demonstrations, and consequently of the entire method of the geometrical proofs of the art of persuading.
Blaise Pascal
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As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone straight to the Arena shows, but we didn't want to.
Dan Hawkins
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
Questlove