Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
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Emma Tennant
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When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.
Sandra Bullock
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You must not do, you must not even try to do, the will of the Father unless you are prepared to 'know of the doctrine'.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star