Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.
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A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.
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You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.
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I want Barack Obama for president. I love Obama. I call Palin the helicopter huntress from hell! I want my children to have a wonderful future, and it's disturbing when I look around. Americans aren't very well-liked. A likable president would be a great start.
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I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
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I've been a regular customer at CVS Pharmacy, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, for 20 years. I've spent a small fortune there over that span, visiting several times a week to pick up everything from milk to toothpaste to prescriptions.
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Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.
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Profit is not a cause but a result-
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It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.
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A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect.
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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
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There are just some things that you can't deny.
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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.
