"You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings."

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Source : Song: Self Savior, Album: Gutter Rainbows, 2010

Talib Kweli

#Rap Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Essence Quotes

“The idea of the culture that you live in determining meaning in your art, though, is a very important aspect of what art would be about. But that had more to do with the kind of general understanding of what the hell you're doing, you know.”
“In football a man was asked to do a difficult and brutal job, and he either did it or got out.”

Source : Frederick Exley (1997). “A Fan's Notes”
“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.”
“If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.”
“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!”

Source : Terry Brooks (2000). “The Elf Queen of Shannara”, p.164, Del Rey
“We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.”
“All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.”
“I like to talk come fight night, that's how I do it, but I'm not a pushover.”

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