Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.Yasiin Bey Black Star
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
Ted Turner -
We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.
Baba Kalyani -
In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family club... We're not about that. That's not the government of the future of the State of New York. What's gonna pull this state out of the doldrums that it's in right now is an honest and open government.
Carl Paladino -
I worked with HBO on 'Recount,' and we had a wonderful experience together. I'm such a fan of HBO and how much flexibility they give in character as well as schedule.
Laura Dern -
I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
J. R. Martinez -
As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
Karl Jaspers
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
Abraham Lincoln -
People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
Manoj Bhargava -
Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
Edgar Wright -
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
Oscar Wilde -
I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
Hamid Karzai
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
Kate Bosworth -
I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
Zach Braff -
Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'
Vanity -
In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
Gary Peters
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I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
Aaron Copland -
It's very easy for people to put out music.
Charlie Puth -
Like any decent researcher, I throw away 90% of my research.
Kevin Crossley-Holland -
If you are not learning, you are not living.
Kevin James -
Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
Yasiin Bey Black Star