Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes

I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

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• Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • World
  • Explore
  • Still

• Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
  • Work
  • Me

• It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • God
  • Believe
  • Love

• What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.

  

  Ze Frank
  • Funny
  • Human
  • Superior

• When you make music, you're forming these invisible vibrations in the air into different shapes and consistencies and speeds in order to create music, and understanding how the math of that works just gives you more colors to paint with, and allows you to get to what you want quicker.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Music
  • Different
  • Understanding

• I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.

  

  Halima Aden
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob's sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Experience
  • Law
  • Change

• It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • World
  • Kids
  • Risk

• I love action movies.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Love
  • Action
  • Movies

• Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

  

  M. Esther Harding
  • Beginning
  • Conflict

• I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Work
  • Point
  • Critical

• Love is a kind of warfare.

  

  Ovid
  • Love
  • Kind
  • For Her

• But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Up
  • Music
  • Working

• It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Quit
  • Telling
  • Signs

• I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• Ignorance is my least favorite thing. I really think it's at the core of all our problems.

  

  Naomi Judd
  • Think
  • Problems
  • Ignorance

• The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • True
  • Words
  • Die

• In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Time
  • History
  • Study

• My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

  

  Pam Grier
  • Life
  • Men
  • Respect

• I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • Actors
  • Knowing
  • Position

• The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.

  

  Jack Reed
  • Community
  • Intelligence

• I think that I'm doing my job, and it's nice to be recognized, but I also know that a lot of the people who are happy with me now are not going to be happy with me in four to eight years and that I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.

  

  Jake Tapper
  • People
  • Job
  • Happy

• His name was Michael R. Ross. I've never known what the "R" was for. He died, however, before I was 7. But he and I seemed to have had quite a nice relationship. He always called me grandlady, and he'd always talk to you as a person rather than as a child. So, I would go with him for his routes in his horse and buggy. So, my memory of him is pretty sharp, plus it has been accentuated by the stories that come out of the family.

  

  Ella Baker
  • Children
  • Family
  • Pretty

• I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

  

  Yasiin Bey Black Star
  • Men
  • Perfect