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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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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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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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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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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Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.
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Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.
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I find that people... very few people think that what they're doing is bad, and usually the people who think what they're doing is bad it has more to do with guilt.
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I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
