Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.
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I've always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
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My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
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We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here.
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The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.
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If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down.
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I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.
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There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.
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I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
