K'naan Quotes

The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.

K'naan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: somali
  • Birth: February 1, 1978

Topics

PoetryPowerfulPureUpIntense

'The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I didn't put fangs on; it was a guy who was just going through the motions. I drew on the widow's peak with eyebrow pencil and wore a turtleneck, not a tux.

Joe Flaherty

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I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

Joel Embiid

BestPeopleBasketballWorldWant

I was married to a dancer who had a dance company in New York City, and she toured.

John Cullum

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I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.

Andre Dubus III

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Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.

Stephen Hawking

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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Simone de Beauvoir

LiveVictoryEnoughLongYouDefeat

Some people around you don't mean you good.

Trick Daddy

GoodPeopleYouMeanSome People

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

Michael W. Smith

LifeChangeGodYouScaryServing

There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

CityAmericanPresenceBaghdad

If I've been working a lot and I've been away from my kids, then I don't go to the gym. It's okay to miss a day. I tell myself not to feel bad about it, too, because then it's a waste if you choose not to do something and feel bad.

Doutzen Kroes

MyselfDayFeelYouChooseBad

If I wasn't rapping about politics, then I might have been just another person trying to sell albums, and I might have sounded like everyone else out there.

Boots Riley

PoliticsTryingPersonEveryoneOut

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.

Bradley A. Smith

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