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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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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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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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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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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Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.
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The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try.
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I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more bold, a lot more loquacious. There are a lot more words that go into a hip-hop song than go into a regular song.
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My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.
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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.
