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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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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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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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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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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Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
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One of the limits of reality Presents itself in Oley when the hay, Baked through long days, is piled in mows. It is A land too ripe for enigmas, too serene.… Things stop in that direction and since they stop The direction stops and we accept what is As good. The utmost must be good and is…
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The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for all people ideally should apply everywhere in the world.
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I think everything everything about my lifestyle is fairly alternative. I gather my own spring water from mountains every month. I go to a farm to get my food. I make everything from my own toothpaste to my own body lotions and face oils. I could go on for hours. I make my own medicines; I don’t get those from doctors. I make my own cheese and forage wild foods and identify wild plants. It’s an entire lifestyle. It’s appealing to my soul.
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Such persistence in memorizing fashionable jargon, wasted effort. I had been conditioned by my education, which had shaped my mind, my voice.
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I once said some mean things about someone, and they were standing right behind me. That experience taught me to never talk bad about anyone.
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I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn to contain it and live with it.
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I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
