Questlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) Quotes
In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.
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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned around and went right into my arm.
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It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be where there is no exploitation and oppression of one person by another; where there is not unemployment, and where a person is not living in fear of losing his job, his home and his bread. Only in such a society personal and any other freedom can exist for real and not on paper.
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The Germans must be together.
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You can't base your life off waking up every morning, like, 'What are people saying about me now?' Then I'd never stay in my creative headspace.
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My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.
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People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks.'
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In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.
