Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
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There are certain places in the world that are kind of energy vortexes, which are phenomenal.
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We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire inner human being This is perhaps fortunate for the artistic person, if he is strong enough to bear the consequences, because what we need is the courage to have inner experience.
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A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
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I have no great message to the world.
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My mother is not educated but keeps in touch with world events through news on TV.
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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
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Migration is as natural as breathing, as eating, as sleeping. It is part of life, part of nature. So we have to find a way of establishing a proper kind of scenario for modern migration to exist. And when I say 'we,' I mean the world. We need to find ways of making that migration not forced.
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Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
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The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.
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'Reinventing the Bazaar,' by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history and around the world. I finally understood how a Middle Eastern souk actually works economically and how to compare that to modern-day telecom-spectrum auctions. I love that book.
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The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
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The Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail is unlike any other performance venue in the world, set with mountains and trees as a backdrop.
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I think that the Internet - and I do love the free flow of ideas on the 'Net - is like the wild west of the information world.
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For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters.
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Truly, the world was a comedy of errors, and she was the butt of the joke.
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I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
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Scars are just another kind of memory.
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I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.
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Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH
