"So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent."

-- Talib Kweli

#Moving Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Rapper Quotes

“It's the things that aren't accepted as conventionally beautiful that I find more attractive.”
“People build continuity into their life: Places, friends and goals. We go to work on Monday with plans for Friday night, enroll as freshmen intending to be seniors and save money for retirement. We try to control what comes next and shape it to meet our will.”

Source : Nathaniel Fick (2006). “One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.”
“A glimmer of light is better than no illumination at all.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 52), February 26, 1964.
“The message has to go to the streets, it's imperative that we reach those who may not get to a church. We receive their questions, it's important that the world asks questions.”
“Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.”
“Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it cost the life of four of his party. Now, however, any tourist can be hauled up for a small cost, and perhaps does not appreciate the difficulty of the original ascent. So in mathematics, it may be found hard to realise the great initial difficulty of making a little step which now seems so natural and obvious, and it may not be surprising if such a step has been found and lost again.”
“What the Nazis did to the Jews in Europe, plantation owners and law enforcement [officers] were doing to the African-Americans.”

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