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Talib Kweli Quotes

I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.

Talib Kweli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 3, 1975

Topics

Responsibility Think Early Out Fans

To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings - travels in warm climes. To still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death.

John Burroughs

Life Winter Struggle Together Soul

WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of Edwardian life to travel bravely, and sometimes even jauntily, to almost certain death. At the very least, any story or novel about WWI is about innocence shattered in the face of experience.

Anita Shreve

Life Women Romantic Men Travel War

It's a strange one - I've been away for 20 years now; I've been away longer than I lived in Canada, but for some reason I remain wholly Canadian.

Steve Nash

Canada Now Strange Reason Lived

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.

Tony Abbott

People Saying Way Possible Active

They don't tell you how to be on TV - they put the camera on you, and they turn it on, and you sink or swim.

Michael Strahan

Camera You Turn Tell Swim Sink

My mom had put her house up to bail me out of jail!

Molly Bloom

Me Mom House Jail Out Up

I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.

Louis Sachar

Funny Children Teacher Reading White

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.

Joichi Ito

Bridge Help Always Ambassador Role

I'm not afraid to take a punch.

Austan Goolsbee

Afraid Punch Take

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Winston Churchill

Men Society Speak Long Minds Endure

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.

Philippa Gregory

Day Writing End Of The Day End Genre

Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of us. So to have enough calories to keep our bodies going. Have shelter from extreme elements. To have water that is safe to drink, So I think that's the core of it.

Peter Singer

Water Think Enough You Down Drink