Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.Yasiin Bey Black Star
Quotes to Explore
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
Earl Monroe -
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
Lara St. John -
I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
Zadie Smith -
I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
Jack Kemp -
Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
Damon Hill -
My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
Brown Campbell
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
Kate Middleton -
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
Quico Canseco -
There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
Flume -
It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
Rachel Zoe -
I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.
Victoria Osteen -
Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
Ira Sachs
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
Kate Smith -
I'm a normal guy.
Jack Ma -
It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
Jack Benny -
I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Baruch Spinoza
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An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for a lack of an audience, close after a week. Similarly, an idea will not move from the fringes to the mainstream simply because it is good; it must be skillfully marketed before it will actually shift people's perceptions and behavior.
David Bornstein -
When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
Ralph Hall -
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
James A. Garfield -
There's a lot of 'how to adopt' books, but there's no practical resource for, say, school supplies.
Karamo Brown -
It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.
Yasiin Bey Black Star