Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
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The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
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I'd date a fan as long as she didn't scream in my face.
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I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.
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That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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Laughter was the shape the darkness took around the first appearance of the light.
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Call me a slag. If it means being a strong woman, I'll gladly be that.
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Dwelling on an engine failure for a pilot as he rolls down the runway is NOT what he should be thinking about - it's obtaining a smooth liftoff! But in the back of his mind, he knows exactly what to do (or pretty much) and in many cases, if he's alone in the fighter aircraft, he has to leave that aircraft in an ejection seat in a big hurry!
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Yes, we three were so happy, my wife, my guitar and me!
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The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation.
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The more positive you are when you think and work toward your goals, the faster you achieve them.
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You have to be a little crazy to be a downhill skier.
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A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."
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It cuts like a knife, but it feels so right.
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My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken.
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Don't let the low standards and expectations of the world and others cause you to aim beneath your nobility and ability-dream big! What I know and have learned is that anything worth doing is not easy and that we can do anything that is not easy if we believe.
