Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes

I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.

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• I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

  

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• Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.

  

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• I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.

  

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• 'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.

  

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• When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.

  

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• The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

  

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• Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.

  

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• I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

  

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• Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.

  

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• I love cars, but I love bikes more.

  

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• I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.

  

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• I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.

  

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• Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the great legal questions which may arise under the Constitution, the laws, or the treaties of the United States.

  

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• It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.

  

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• It's just this huge sense of relief I have with myself right now... It took me to be 31 to go, 'Wow, I'm really happy being a model.'

  

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• I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he's done a great job of it. I think Katy Perry has undeniable songs for what she does, for that pop market. And, if we're talking in the truly pop market, I would say those two.

  

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• It is difficult to imagine anyone having any real hopes for the human race in the face of the fact that the great majority of men still believe that the universe is run by a gaseous vertebrate of astronomical heft and girth, who is nevertheless interested in the minutest details of the private conduct of even the meanest man.

  

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• I really love peace and quiet.

  

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• Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.

  

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• You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.

  

  Michael Clarke Duncan
  • Thinking
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  • Complaining

• An average working day begins at 8 or 9 am, includes an hour for lunch, and ends at 5 or 6 pm.

  

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• I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.

  

  Yasiin Bey Black Star
  • Complaining
  • Quiet
  • Taught