Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
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Los Angeles is a city of few hard targets. Its iconic buildings are private spaces, mostly residential, visible by invitation only or in the pages of a Taschen book. Its central industry is as mirage-like as the projection of light on a screen.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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Golf was never a religion to me.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.
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A heroic nature is very Greek.
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I think governments can't do much.
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I'm pretty confident the why works now. When it first began, somebody said to me: "Will this work in big business?" I said, "I don't know. Let's try." Somebody said will this work in entrepreneurs, relationships or government and military. I said, "I don't know. Let's try." I kept applying the scientific method. I had a theory. I kept applying that theory, looking for opportunities to fail and it kept working.
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Remember the diner in 'Happy Days?' I do want to do a show like that. But an updated version.
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I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you think you're not the kind of literary person who will write books that will sell. There was always a kind of defensiveness in me.
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I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
