Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yasiin Bey 
			 
			
				Black Star  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
	
	
	
	
		My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Xavier Becerra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orlando Bloom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				AJ McLean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Salles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Aveyard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natalie Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rakul Preet Singh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's not the moment yet for me to enjoy my time as an actor, and as the time goes by, I feel that I need to push myself harder to pay back for all the good fortune that I have received. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Park Bo-gum 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Flume 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Scotland is the Canada of England! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rainn Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I actually have two songs I did with Nicki Minaj. We didn't even plan on doing it that way, but it was an organic connection and just a really solid connection she and I had musically. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ciara 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Heidi Klum 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dawn French 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater. But, I didn't wanna do all of this. I would've been satisfied to do it, like, on the weekends among friends, and to have a regular job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yasiin Bey 
			 
			
				Black Star