Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
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Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for.
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I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
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I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
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Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
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We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.
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Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.
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I have so many other talents other than fighting, and I would love to be able to show those off. I would like to say, 'Yes, I'm a fighter, and I'm this,' or, 'Yes I'm a fighter, but I'm also this.'
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The Iranians don't intimidate! They're like the Vietnamese and the Iraqis. You want to start a war with them? They'll still be fighting in fifty years!
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The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
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It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
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When things could've gone really bad, rugby caught my interest and I really stuck with it. The sport brought me, maybe off the streets where we'd be fighting, into putting in a good effort in the rugby field where you're kind of rewarded for that rough behaviour instead of in trouble with the law.
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If you want to decide the question of migration without asking your citizens against the will of the people, you are fighting a losing battle.
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Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting.
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I'm not fighting with myself.
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The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.
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I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.
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We want to make sure that the kind of ballpark we agreed upon will be built, that it can be paid for as we have agreed, that the team be able to exercise adequate control over the ballpark site, that we understand the limits of the legislative power to further rewrite contracts we enter into and that the balance of burdens and benefits agreed to by us in mediation is readdressed, since it has been seriously disrupted by the legislation.
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When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it.
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To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.
