Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
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If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
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I've got a lot of other things I want to do.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
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I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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I was planning that whole athletic slide into Stanford rather than actually getting a 1450 on my SATs.
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My most famous commercial was for Fruit Of the Loom underwear. I took a lot of razzing from my classmates.
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Camp Southern Ground is a lot more than a camp. It's more of a campus.
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I wouldn't like to see a chick of mine taking her clothes off and kissing a fellow on screen. And my girls must get very hurt when they see me doing it.
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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
